Neptune Beach

Pencil and watercolor on 5 in x 5 in CP sketchbook

Today was a great day to go the beach. The temperature finally warmed up so we went to Neptune Beach; it was not surprisingly crowded in the afternoon. The breeze (it was mildly windy though) was warm, the sun brutal but the clouds gave us a refreshing break. The water was very cold, I walked for good 15 minutes in the water to the point in which my feet felt a burn, they were actually red. Still some people went in the water full dive, specially kids. A

The cost line runs from North to South, people faced South to the sun, that’s why you can see the ocean on their side. I sketched some sun bathers who were facing me, one of them noticed me sketching him but he didn’t care. In the background, the water in this part of the Atlantic is brown/green color, this is due to the marshes of this area flow into the ocean. 

When we were leaving around 3 pm everyone felt a sudden cold wind that got us the chills, all of us we looked at each other, it was obvious, our faces showed “did you feel that?”, it was the perfect time for us to leave the beach. With the cold wind blowing in our back as we left the beach we thought we had a great beach day, not bad, not bad at all.

North view

South view.