New work in progress. Here are some images and videos of paintings that I am working on at the moment at various stages of their development. When they are finished I will add them to my online art gallery where they will be available to purchase.
New oil painting a work in progress- New oil painting a work in progress
- Emerald Surf IV stage 1
- Mapped out the main areas of the wave
- Colours used Phthalo green and blue, titanium white, lilac, prussian, cerulean and ultramarine blue, paynes grey, cadmium yellow
- Emerald Surf IV stage 2
- Added more highlights and low lights to the foam
- Added more cadmium yellow under the wave to soften the colour transition from light to shade
- Emerald Surf IV stage 3
- Toned down the highlights on the foam and added the first stages of foam detail under the wave
- Emerald Surf IV stage 4
- glazed over the foreground and under the wave to give more colour depth
- Added more foam detail to the foreground with wet on wet technique and dry brush method
- Added more highlights and lowlights to the cresting wave
- Now available on this website here
- Sea Green Waves IV stage 1
- mapped out the main composition of the waves in this seascape
- Colours used Phthalo green and blue, titanium white, lilac, prussian, cerulean and ultramarine blue, paynes grey, cadmium yellow, viridian green
- Sea Green Waves IV stage 2
- Glazed over the main wave areas and foreground to add more depth and colour. Addition colour used transparent oxide yellow under the wave (Michael Harding’s oil colours are beautiful)
- Added more hightlights and lowlights to the waves
- Added clouds to the sky to give more definition and interest
- Sea Green Waves IV stage 3
- Started adding the foam detail in the foreground
- Sea Green Waves IV stage 4
- Finished off the foam in the foreground and under the wave
- Final painting finished and now listed on this website here
- Fistral Beach Waves stage 1
- added in the main waves and sky
- Fistral Beach Waves stage 2
- added Towan Head rocks looking north from Fistral Beach
- will wait for this to dry then add some more highlights and details
- Fistral Beach Waves stage 3
- Added highlights to the headland and glazed the lower half of the rocks to deepen the colour
- Added highlights and definition to the waves using glazing technique with drybrush
- Reworked the sky with a mixture of cerulean, ultramarine blue and titanium white.
- The finished painting is available here
- Turquoise Beach II stage 1
- Mapping out the main colour areas and shapes of the waves
- Colours used….
- Phthalo Blue and Green
- Titanium White
- Prussian and Cerulean Blue
- Ultramarine Blue and Viridian Green
- Paynes Grey
- Burnt Sienna & Raw Umber
- Cadmium Red
- Naples Yellow
- Ultramarine violet
- Turquoise Beach II stage 2
- added some highlights and shade to the waves to give definition
- Glazed over some initial colours to add depth
- Turquoise Beach II stage 3
- added in some foam detail to the foreground and waves to the background
- glazed over the sand to make it look wet with the incoming tide
- Emerald Ocean Waves II stage 1
- Glazed over the sky to make it more blue
- Changed the surf and foam to the left to make it balance more with the overall image.
- Turned it into a cresting wave.
- Will leave to dry then add final highlights and shadows