Island of Temdos (?) (from Sketchbook) by Mary Newbold Sargent

Island of Temdos (?) (from Sketchbook) 1904

drawing, plein-air, watercolor, ink, pen

drawing

boat

amateur sketch

impressionism

plein-air

incomplete sketchy

hand drawn type

landscape

figuration

watercolor

ink

idea generation sketch

sketchwork

ink drawing experimentation

pen-ink sketch

rough sketch

line

sketchbook drawing

pen

initial sketch

"Island of Temdos (?) (from Sketchbook)" is a watercolor sketch by Mary Newbold Sargent, created in 1904. The artwork, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, depicts a simple seascape with a distant island and a sailboat in the foreground. Sargent, known for her landscape paintings, captured the quiet beauty of the scene in a delicate and minimal style, utilizing subtle washes of color and precise lines. The title suggests a specific location, lending an air of mystery to this intimate and evocative sketch.