Leading Lines are important in a painting, although they may not be obvious. They tell the viewer where the focal point is and draw the viewers eye around the painting. Not a new invention, the old masters used leading lines in their works and we still do today.
Here's my reference photo taken on a recent holiday in Cornwall
Veryan Beach
I do a quick sketch to get an idea of layout
in the next image I've added notes to show where the leading lines are
- also you will see a barely perceptible grid of thirds,
that's why I made a note about moving the building over to it
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This was enough information for me to set out the drawing onto a
6" x 4" board for this oil painting
(small and quite fiddly to paint in detail, but nonetheless I enjoyed this little piece)
