I took some in-progress shots along the way.

My first session was just establishing some water color and beach color. Then I moved on to the figures.

I finished sketching in the figures and boat without trying to be too tight and detailed for this size painting.

I finished up with darkening the distance after trying it lighter. I think the difference in light reflecting on the water is greater than the atmospheric lightening that I usually think of in landscape painting. The darker water also helped the boat and figures pop out more.

20" x 16" Oil on pumice panel.