Sea Water and Rocks - oil painting stages WIP

Sea Water and Rocks - oil painting stages WIP

This composite photograph shows three stages of a painting featuring rocks on a sandy beach and where they meet the sea water.
The first panel shows a rough sketch drawn in brown acrylic paint on an orange ground wash. In the second panel basic under-painting, using acrylics, has been added which acts as a guide to the following layer. These colours are usually a bit darker than the intended final colours and there is a lack of detail at this stage. The final panel shows the finish painting. At this stage the painting is done in oil paint with all of the details added. The painting is 20" x 16" and is done on paper.
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Sea Water and Rocks - WIP stages 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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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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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