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Sailing & sketching coast of Maine, July 2025

Day 1 and Day 2. Portland to Peaks Island — “You’re not failing. You’re collecting data.”

Sketching from mooring off Peaks Island. Sunrise study of a small sailboat on a mooring.
Same boat on toned water color paper. Lamy safari fountain pen. Platinum carbon ink. 3 minute sketch.
One splash of color…
One more…
One more…
Quick loose sketch with staedtler 0.05. Fr ultra marine blue, cerulean blue, raw umber.

Day 3 and 4 — Sebasco Harbor, Maine. “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”

Maine Oyster Company. Phippsburg, ME.
Mount Merritt

Day 4. Underway from Sebasco Harbor to Boothbay Harbor…

Seguin Island Lighthouse

Added white dots to add some contrast

Day 6 & 7 — Boothbay Harbor

5:50 am Boothbay
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    Ana Nobles

    Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these

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