Tuesday, 21 November 2017

#260 'Charmouth Beach' 8x10"


A grey morning so I put the emphasis onto the beach by making the horizon line on the top third of the board and using the seaweed lines and pebbles to help lead the eye in.
I painted this subject 4 times during last week, so helpful to learn the subject shapes to then focus on other aspects like the tonal values or colours.
I put the little people in to give some scale of the huge beach - no colour needed just dark silhouettes. 
The flat top cliff is called Golden Cap and is the highest point on the south coast of England being 191 meters. The top of the cliff is sandstone hence the name.


1 comment:

  1. Even though you have featured the beach, the sky and sea are a foil to the strong lines and colour and sweep of the land. Love it!

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