Herreshoff 12 1/2
5″ x 8″ Watercolor
By Kirby
This is something I put together. The sailboat is a Herreshoff 12 1/2 footer wooden construction. Its main sail is called a Gaff. This sail shape is four sided unlike the regular triangular sails that are most popular today. The sail in the front is called a jib. The lighthouse in the background is Pigeon Point Lightouse.
~Kirby
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Lia T 9:41 am on November 7, 2009 | #
Wow. This is beautiful. I saw several Herreshoff at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat show a few years ago. They definately know what they’re doing when they build boats! Is this one antique? Great job on the water too!
Nick Powell 11:18 am on November 7, 2009 | #
Great work again Kirby love the “light touch” on the sails and water.
KirbysArt 7:20 pm on November 7, 2009 | #
Lia,
I don’t know if it was antique or not. Down here in Texas theres not a lot of wooden boats more fiberglass than anything.
Nick,
Thank you. I hope to do more like this. This is my main reason I started watercolors in the first place and why it launched my into doing all kinds of other art i would never thought I could do.
~Kirby
nodecaf 11:07 pm on November 7, 2009 | #
Looks great, makes me want to try watercolor one day.