DAY 4 - BUDLEIGH SLATERTON - FINAL DAY
The first thing to do was to have a walk around
and choose where to paint.
We were parked at the end of the seafront near the cliffs,
so that became my painting view...
and choose where to paint.
We were parked at the end of the seafront near the cliffs,
so that became my painting view...
Again I started with Thumbnail sketches
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| thumbnail sketches help so much |
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| I was considering this view, perhaps making more of the sky. The only thing was I would have to change the horizon line. Never do a painting that separates the view half way down the paper.... |
This would make a better painting...
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| the horizon line is lower and not in the middle of the picture |
although I could have chosen to have the horizon higher
One thing about painting en plein air, especially where 'tide' is concerned -
You have to remember that the view will 'change'
You have to remember that the view will 'change'
as it did here, when the tide came in
Not only did I do some thumbnail sketches,
I also did a quick painting-sketch to warm up my paints ;)
I also did a quick painting-sketch to warm up my paints ;)
and finally decided on this scene
step 1
waited for paint to dry before
step 2
Final painting....
By the time I got to this stage, it started to rain,
so we returned to Ray's Studio for a cuppa,
added some more paint to our work
and then displayed the paintings and talked through our work
Oh, and Ray's dog ended up being sketched by me...
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| I sneaked this sketch, so nobody saw this on the day |
Had a great time on this 4 day Art Course
Many thanks to Ray Balkwill
this was a very inspirational en plein air experience.
