One Wave_oil Painting

One Wave - oil painting

One wave oil painting by Martin Davey 20" x 16"

This painting was created during late September 2016, featuring a stark composition that just features a close up of the sea, hitting the wet sandy shore and creating a wave. The image is painted in oil paint which I rarely use, but I felt this medium would suit the subject matter and help to achieve the colour blending required. It is sized at 20” x 16” and painted on stretched watercolour paper.

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One Wave WIP oil painting

One Wave WIP - oil painting

One wave oil painting in stages

This composite image shows stages of the 'One Wave' painting, completed in September 2016. It is painted in oils, my first for some time, and is done on stretched paper. The image size is 20" x 16".
The first image shows an orange 'ground' colour base using acrylic paint, with the basic drawing of the subject matter drawn in brown acrylic paint. The second panel shows a half way stage with the basic tone/ colour areas placed down, in darker tones intentionally. This stage was again done in acrylics. The final image shows the final stage, and is done in oils. The choice was made to use oils because of the better blending possible that the medium offered, rather that of acrylic paint.
The composition was quite stark for me and was quite difficult to do as there are no hard edges and everything is fluid in motion and colour. The waves regresing to the background may appear simple but were quite taxing! 
The final art can be viewed here. 
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