Well, ya gotta play sometimes. Once in a while I like to experiment with underpainting. This time it was cadmium red light, a color loaded with pigment. It can be killed, but why would anyone want to. This is teensy. A mere 10" x 12" on canvas. I keep these little canvases around for relaxation. No heavy stretchers to turn as I work, no huge spaces that refuse to resolve. Everything is manageable, therefore relaxing. Something about this reminds me of Whistler's "At the Piano". Could be the curve of the beach which sort of echos Whistler's upturned chair rail behind the subjects. Clever ploy, that.