Tuesday 21 November 2017

#259 'Golden Cap Looking West' 8x10"


I have just had a week in Dorset painting the local area of Bridport, Charmouth & Lyme Regis all on the Jurassic Coast.
I was lucky with the weather, it didn't rain once! and had some great sunsets and rises.
I have about 10 paintings to post from the trip and will do 2-3 a day.

On the first day I arrived to catch the sunset, and was really pleased to find this view at the end of the caravan park I was staying in - dramatic cliffs with great shapes. 
I started to paint late afternoon and had 3/4 of the painting down when the sunset lit the sky, it was beautiful. I tried putting in the colourful sky but it didn't fit the rest of the painting and I would have had to repaint the lot to match, I decided to keep it how it was. Sometimes you can't chase the light!





1 comment:

  1. Interesting how different the scene was that you painted to the subsequent view. I like the bold strokes on the cliffs, very dramatic and the captured luminescence of the sea even before it shone pink. A real sense of perspective and distance with the tiny people on the beach.

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