Playa Paint Pals #3

Monday morning, 10 of us gathered at Viva Maria and headed to whatever interested us. I sat down under a beach umbrella and began to sketch the beached fishing boat. Pelicans and all kinds of birds flocked near the shore to engorge themselves in a fish boil. A lovely husband and wife were getting their fill as well. They filled a large bucket with fish they called "Jorel". In my VERY limited Spanish, we conversed and shared in the delight of watching the fish being caught by both the fishermen and birds!! The sketch below was drawn and painted on location.

I was so enamored with the whole event that I sketched the ones below from photos when I got home!.

I found it interesting as well that they buried the fish in the sand to keep the flies off and rinsed them off in the ocean when it was time to leave (top left you can see the tails by the bucket). The bottom right is the smaller fish their partner caught (waist deep in the ocean with a throwable net) - large bait catches large fish. I would of been happy to catch one of these, as you can tell the size of them by the large bucket lid they are sitting on!