Beach Boat Under Cover - acrylic painting

Beach Boat Under Cover - acrylic painting

Beach boat under cover - acrylic painting

This painting shows a scene at Hengistbury Head, near to Christchurch in Dorset, on the south coast of the UK. A boat, one of many at the location, is under cover and out of use on this hot summers day. The beach looks on to Christchurch bay, with the town on the other side. In the back ground of this painting can be seen Mudeford, a small town on the suburbs of Christchurch.

The painting is done in acrylics on stretched paper, to a size of 16” x 12” during mid March 2017, and can be seen here.

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

The photograph above shows stage by stage work on an acrylic painting featuring Bournemouth beach and its famous pier during a late summers morning.The first panel illustrates a drawing, done in brown acrylic on watercolour paper, which has been stretched. The painted area is 20" 16". The second panel shows the base colours applied with limited details, some parts just having a darker than normal block of paint applied. The third panel shows the finished painting with the correct colours and details applied. The darker under-painting still shows through slightly the covering finished layers to give depth to the paintwork and colours.
The final painting can be seen here.

working on closeup 22

working on closeup 22

 A small snippet of a painting featuring the beach at Bournemouth, Dorset.... 

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

This acrylic painting was created during December 2016 just before Christmas. It is painted on paper sized at 16” x 12”. Shown is a scene on a cold, winters day at Lepe, an area of coastline on the South of England in the county of Hampshire. A mother and daughter can be seen on the seashore, a 'castle' shaped bucket to the side. On the sea can be seen a man on a water-ski being propelled by a kite. In the far distance past the active, wavy sea, can be seen the Isle of Wight. 

The painting can be seen in close up here.

Sea Water and Rocks - oil painting

Sea Water and Rocks - oil painting

This sea based painting was done during late December 2016. It features a number of rocks on the coast with the sea water hitting them and settling around on the wet sand. The rocks are of quite a light coloured stone and some have algae growing on them.

It is based on a scene observed at Mudeford, Christchurch in Dorset, on the south coast of the UK.

The painting is done in oils on an acrylic base. The support is thick paper sized at 16” x 20”.

The finished painting can be seen in more detail here.

Sea Water With Rocks On Shore - oil painting

working on closeup 20

working on closeup 20

 A small snippet of a painting featuring the sea and sea shore meeting.... 

At work on seascape oil painting

Beach groin with autumn waves oil painting

Beach groin with autumn waves oil painting

Beach Groin with autumn waves- oil 16" x 12"

This painting was finished in early December 2016 and shows a view of a large wooden groin on the sandy beach at Bournemouth, Dorset on the south of England coast. The beach is largely empty so the dominant noise is the sea crawling up the wet sand and the waves brushing along the damp wooden groin. It is set during autumn and is based on a photo taken a number of years previously. It measures 16" x 12" and is painted in oils on an acrylic under-painting, done on stretched paper. The finished painting can be seen clearly here.
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working on closeup 18

working on closeup 18

A small snippet of a marine based oil painting of a Dorset beach.... 

WIP of groin on Bournemouth Beach oil painting

Wave And Colourful pebbles WIP

Wave And Colourful pebbles WIP

This image shows various stages of progress on the recent painting 'Wave And Colorful Pebbles'. The first panel shows the basic drawing, done in brown acrylic on an orange ground or base colour. The second panel shows base/ dark colours added, done with acrylic paint.The final shows the completed acrylic art which was done on stretched paper sized at 16" x 12", during the summer of 2016.
The completed painting can be seen here.
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stages of work on the 'Wave and colourful pebbles' acrylic painting.

Bournemouth Beach Hengistbury Head

Bournemouth Beach Hengistbury Head

This painting shows, in the distance Hengistbury Head, as seen from Bournemouth Beach in the South of England. The location to be exact is the sandy beach in the Southbourne area of the seaside town. It is based on a photograph taken during the autumn 2013 when the holiday makers are thin on the ground. It took about a day to do.

The painting was done in acrylics on stretched paper measuring 10” x 12” during November 2015.

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Bournemouth Beach Hengistbury Head WIP

Bournemouth Beach Hengistbury Head WIP

This photograph shows WIP on a small painting of Hengistbury Head, as seen from Southbourne beach. Southbourne beach itself runs in to Bournemouth beach, Dorset. It is done on paper, the painted area being 12" x 10". As seen in the first panel the paper is painted red and the drawing done on top with brown acrylic paint. The middle panel shows a half way stage and the last panel the final work.

The final painting can be seen in detail here.

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Hengistbury head from Southbourne Beach WIP acrylic painting

beach groynes at Bournemouth Beach painting WIP

beach groynes at Bournemouth Beach painting - WIP

The photo shows a painting done last week of a groyne at Bournemouth Beach (Southborne end). It was based on a photo taken a fortnight before in late September during an indian summer. 
I did the painting in oils on a 12" x 10" canvas board, and is now left to dry before having a proper photo taken of it in a few weeks time.

Groyne at Bournemouth beach

This second image shows the painting in stages. In the first panel is the basic brown line drawing, done in acrylic paint on a red ground (shown in B/W) for clarity. The second one shows an acrylic layer of base colours which gives me something to aim at when painting the proper top level (third panel) in oils.
The final painting can be seen here in detail.

WIP of the groyne on Bournemouth Beach in stages

Plymouth UK painting WIP

Plymouth UK painting WIP

This image shows work in progress on a painting of Plymouth, on the southern coast of the UK. It is a sunny day and some brave swimmers can be seen in the bay. 

painting WIP of Plymouth, Devon, UK

The first image shows the drawing of the scene on a ground colour. The following one shows darker tonal under painting in place and the final image shows the completed painting. The entire painting is done in acrylics on a board sized at 20" x 16".
You can see a larger, better image version of the  painting on this link.

People at Southampton Eastern Docks viewing ship-acrylic painting

People at Southampton Eastern Docks viewing ship

 A couple are standing at the ferry terminal at Southampton looking towards the East Docks, at the P&O Cruise ship MV Ventura, one of the largest in Europe, built in 2008. Dwarfed by the MV Ventura is the tug tender Calshot with its characterful red funnel, It was built in Southampton in 1929, and is undergoing restoration. The long, narrow silver building is the Southampton ocean terminal, opened in 2009, and gleaming in the summer sunshine!
This painting was done in acrylics on a canvas board sized at 10” x 12”.
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People at Southampton Eastern Docks viewing ship-acrylic painting

Bournemouth Pier summer morning from cliff top

Bournemouth Pier summer morning from cliff top 

This small 10” x12” oil painting was done in March 2014. It shows the famous pier at Bournemouth, Dorset, in the UK, from the cliff tops during a summers morning. Already some holiday makers are settling down on the beach which will become very busy as the day goes on. In the distance can be seen the Purbecks.

The pier, in its current form, was built in the 1950s and features a theatre. 

Bournemouth Pier summer morning from cliff top-oil painting

 

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cartoon boy with crab on beach

cartoon boy with crab on beach

This beach digital illustration, was created in July 2013. It is drawn in a vector based programme, and output at A3 size. The illustration shows a young boy at the seaside, looking disappointed, and horrified, as he has just dropped the ice cream out of his cone straight on to the sandy beach. A large red and hungry crab is making its way to the ice cream for an unexpected snack.

cartoon boy with crab on beach

 

Oil painting collection 02 Bournemouth Sea front

Oil painting collection 02 Bournemouth Sea front

people on Bournemouth beach
Bournemouth Air festival
Boy standing in sea

These 3 oil paintings were painted august-sept 2010 and are of roughly the same location.
The Air festival has now become a regular event at bournemouth and this image features the "Breitling wing walkers",one of the numerous events, though the women walking are on the other side of the plane and cannot be seen here! The location is 'overcliff drive, overlooking the beach.
The beach scene shows crowds on the beach. In reality there are often even more people on the beach than pictured here. The arches of the pier are in the background.
The solo boy in the water is my nephew!

from the website...
people on Bournemouth beach
This was painted in oils on a 16"x 20" canvas, during 2010. It depicts the beach at Bournemouth, in Dorset, UK, during the summer. The building in the background is part of the pier at Bournemouth and the beach itself if often crowded during the summer. It offers several miles of clean, golden sand. The painting is based on a number of photographs that I took, and then rearranged in photoshop to create one good,balanced composition. This is then scaled up and printed out, and transferred to the canvas by hand drawing. Then the drawing is redrawn using a fine brush and brown acrylic paint. On top of this the final oil paint layers are applied over a few weeks. My favorite areas while working on the oil painting was the deckchair on the right and the woman with a black top on the left.

Bournemouth Air festival
Bournemouth has been having an air show in late august for a couple of years. This painting is taken from a series photographs taken during the second festival year. Using photoshop I created a composite picture to use as the basis for this painting. The location is on overcliff drive, that looks out over the beaches at Bournemouth down below. I used another photo of the planes and positioned them in this location and jiggled the spectators around to get a nice composition. The distinctive biplanes are used in the Breitling Wingwalkers display, where a woman, on each top part of the plane wing, stands and poses while the planes perform acrobatic displays. The painting is done in oils on a smaller than usual canvas, measuring 12" x 16"