What color, Galveston?

I'm starting a family painting for a friend. They had a wonderful day in Galveston, TX. If you've romped on that beach, you know that clear water is hard to come by.  Some days, a lot of mud flows in with the waters that spill into the Gulf.  There are also seaweed-y days, and they tell us that it's better for erosion resistance to leave it. 

However, John's family found the beach clean and the water apparently a deep blue.  I'm working from a photo, and, yes, the water looked like this! 

Amen Corner finished

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/amen-corner-beth-waltman.html

The Amen Corner is famous to golfers, I'm told.
"Amen Corner (golf), nickname given to the extremely difficult 11th (White Dogwood), 12th (Golden Bell), and 13th (Azalea) water holes at Augusta National Golf Club"  from Wikipedia
 I can see why purely on an aesthetic basis.  The trees, the light and shadow, two stone bridges that remind one of Monet! Flowers and pines against the grass that is so many shades of green...and the water reflecting everything.

I can only imagine the challenge for golfers!  While beautiful to view, it must be a real dilemma to golf accurately to that small spot where the hole is located.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/reflections-beth-waltman.html

This week's painting activities:
Painting with Dr. Mercado-Garza; I'll post her very fine sunset swing picture shortly.

I sold a painting this week on my Fine Art America site. Thank you, kind buyer!

I painted these modest green hills with one clump of flowering trees. 

I'm nearly finished with the "Amen Corner" painting for Paul.  I keep having golf-related questions:
How big is that sand trap?  What height should the flag be?  The far bridge--how small is it in relationship to the bridge in the foreground?

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I'm working on this very large painting of the "Amen Corner"for Paul.  

This has light spring greens and strong daylight.   

Moody skyline

Sawgrass, 17th hole

This will hang on Paul's office wall so he can take a mini- break. 

Bowl of lemons

Phase 2. I'm imitating someone else's very nice arrangement, not marketing this, but trying a new approach. Plus, K likes lemons in her kitchen. These are clearly not trees.

Now, how to give the bowl depth?  How to make the fruit more 3-dimensional? 

I like working out these problems. 

I continue to get interest on these.  I was not originally going to sell, but the questions continue.  So, here's a possible price list. 

My current prices are as follows: 

For a finished product that I dreamt up, 40$ plus shipping for a 16X20.  

For a custom 16X20, $50. For a custom 18X24,  $70. 

If you have already purchased the canvas, $30 plus shipping. 

Does that sound fair? 

Now, if it all gets out of control and I quit my job and buy a studio, then take a vacation and study in Paris, paintings will cost much, much more. And if I buy a villa in Italy to support my muse, I'll need an Art History degree, and more canvas.  And maybe an assistant.  So prices will continue to increase. 

And if I default on the villa, become homeless, live on a street in London, prices will go down.