The summer festival on vacations

— «The sea! It's the sea!» Ruby, not even reaching the beach, was already excited to see it, and ran to the unoccupied place, taking it. Although, more likely, just throwing off her clothes fastly. On the third day of staying in the house, the company finally decided to go out on reconnaissance after two days of settling in the house, to find out in person what kind of beaches there were. Walking along the mountainside, a long, long path, you could go down to the sandy beaches, with sun loungers, umbrellas and even an analogue of shower cabins with fresh water. The rest of the group slowly caught up with the restless girl, preferring to first unpack things, and then go swimming. — «Guys, the water is warm!» — Ruby shouted. — «Come in quickly!» Perhaps, there was no one in their company who would not sigh, surprised by her behavior. Taking a break from school here is an excellent opportunity, the water gives a feeling of flight, and simply relieves stress, so no one argues about it. Having laid out the blanket and put the bags with things on it, the others began to undress and carefully put things away, instead of throwing them on the sand nearby. Aqua picked up his sister's things, arranging the sandals with the others' shoes, and the dress had already had to be shaken off from the sand. The hat, surprisingly, did not fly away. Oh, wait, there is no wind, how would it fly away? And there were waves here in the morning. Having settled down, the girls ran after Ruby, Mem grabbed a rubber ball bought in one of the stores for the game. —”Will you get burned in the sun here? Maybe you should put on some cream?» — Miyako shouted after them. The sun was shining today, as usual, hot and strong, it was easy to get heat stroke or get sunburned, which was never a desired experience. Today will be dedicated to sitting in the water. Or tagging in the water. As you wish. There was not such a big crowd on the beach, you could settle down in any place you liked, but only a few came for the tan, everyone, young and old, went into the water from time to time, children splashed around with inflatable rings and mattresses, and many toys floated on the surface. Having swum from side to side, the girls sent the ball to do virtuoso somersaults in the air, trying to hit Aqua, enticing him to play, but he waved it off each time, sending the ball to someone else. *** Seascapes are of interest to the public, so it was obvious that paper would be taken to this event to try to sketch the rapidly changing sea. Or the landscape around. Anything is better than flowers from the garden, although they will also find their fans. — «It’s not difficult to paint with watercolors», — Mem-Cho began retelling the guides. — «You need to add a lot of water to the paint, apply the lightest shade to the paper, gradually adding dark ones. And here, you have a finished picture!» — «Would you like to show us an example, since it’s so simple?» — Kana, smiling nervously, suggested to her friend to demonstrate her step-by-step plan. — «If you use the watercolor paper, you need to make a few sketches with a pencil, without getting carried away. It’s too delicate and will quickly become unusable if you use an eraser.» Having settled down on a relatively soft place (on the sand), the girls held sheets of paper in their hands, fixed to a tablet (for documents), they tried not to stain everything around them with paint, because watercolors are watercolors, because they spread in all directions if you add too much water. — «I don’t understand how artists can sit outside and paint?» — Kana asked, it was very uncomfortable for her to do anything in the position in which she was able to arrange her supplies on her knees. — «It’s simple, artists have chairs that they carry, and also convenient paper holders», — Mem answered. — «It’s a whole art itself, drawing outside. You need to make your sheets of paper not fly away from the slightest gust of wind, spread out all the paints in a small space, because there will be no table next to you.» — «You signed up for this yourself», — Aqua answered their groans. — «Maybe you should take a short break? The fruits were taken just for this.» Miyako suggested that they take a break from preparing the merch so that they could get back to work with renewed vigor. Or go swimming. They were on the beach after all. — «Say cheese!» Meme took photos of almost every action they took, except that she didn’t take her phone into the water. Although, she was able to take a couple of photos when she was standing on the beach. She said that she would later select the best ones to promote the group. — «We’ve been here for three days already, and nothing worthwhile came out of the paintings», — Ruby drawled. — «If you’re seriously interested in making your own merch, maybe you could consider signing up for a drawing course?» —Aqua suggested. — «By the way, that would be a good idea», — Kana agreed. — «It would set us apart from the competition and add exclusivity to our group!» The group sat under the shade cast by the umbrella, gobbling up the prepared fruits that had been kept cold by the thermal bag, discussing the results of the day. — «Next time we'll need to buy more nautical themed decorations», — Ruby noted. — «I'm not sure your next concert will be about the sea», —Aqua replied, taking a sip from her bottle. — «What if we did?» To which Saito offered her own idea: — «Next time we'll just spend more time thinking about the details, that's all.» *** As the sky began to darken and the first shades of light pink appeared, Miyako announced that it was time to pack up. — «We don't know this area, there aren't enough streetlights, we'll just get lost.» Reluctantly packing up and putting away their things, the group headed home, climbing up the slope. The houses, similar in design, had gardens with a variety of combinations of flowerbeds and trees, creating unique images. They could easily be used as wallpaper for a computer, if you got together for that. By evening, the sun had already dropped enough for the road to pass in the shade of the trees, but the climb up the mountain was not very pleasant after a long swim. — «Wowee, we had so much fun!» Ruby, already swaying from fatigue, fell from side to side, intending to settle on someone's shoulder. — «We need to do this again tomorrow!» — Mem said. — «Make sure you don't get too sunburned tomorrow», — Saito reminded. — «Okay, okay», — Kana answered. — «Hey, Ruby, are you really going to fall asleep right when we get home?» — she added, teasing her friend. — «Maybe, is that a bad thing? I've swum further than all of you!» A bright red sunset was spreading over the sea, the clouds were turning purple. «I could take a picture of that too,» Mem-Cho thought. «And then draw it.» A sly smile appeared on her face, while the girls in front discussed what they were planning to do that evening. *** With a thoughtful face, Miyako scrolled through the photos on her phone, looking at each photo with an appraising gaze. How much Mem-Cho has done, but… — «Don't even think about posting half of this! You're not such a popular group that you share «bad takes», and those who are envious of your small success will simply laugh at you because of this!» Saito wasn't happy with the quality of these photos, which really wouldn't always look right on the group wall. Mem giggled and whispered: — «Well, let's keep them in memory.»