It’d been a struggle — I’d been using an old plein air study I’d done probably about 8 or 10 years ago. The study was done quickly (as they always are) and I’d just slapped in waves willy-nilly. I haven’t done a whole lot of large landscapes, and I’ve found that details become far more important when you’re having to cover a lot of an area. The waves in the little study just didn’t look right!
I ended up driving down to the beach to take “a darned good look” at things. But everything was different. We’d had high lake levels the past several years that left a lot of sand, covering most of the rocks. And the water was pretty calm. I took a darned good look, did a few pencil sketches, and came home and got to work.
I also changed the sky somewhat and the distant land formations, just to make it more interesting. Then I celebrated finishing this behemoth by doing a cloud painting. But ah — that will be another post….
Margie Guyot Art 
Yes the new work is much more interesting! The color of the rocks, the sky, the light on the water, everything. Thanks for sharing!
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