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Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 21, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, seascape, Strand beach, watercolor, watercolour | 
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Gordon’s Bay mountains from the Dog Beach in Strand
This is 560 x380mm on Arches 300gm Cold Pressed.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 18, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read
Last year, someone in our municipality had a rush of blood to the brain and decided that The Pipe needed a walkway to the beach. So they got one of their friends – no I mean – they put the job out to tender and the contractor got busy.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 13, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, pencil sketch, portrait, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 8 Comments to Read
Yesterday I attended a breakfast talk in the morning and did these sketches of the guys sitting around me:
Once I settled down I got some good likenesses.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 7, 2011 under Art, figure, The Passion, watercolor, watercolour | 8 Comments to Read
This is an initial sketch of the crucifixion.
It is 180x280mm on 185gm Arches CP.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on under Art, en plein air, figure, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | Be the First to Comment
I had another long and enlivening chat at the pipe on Friday and had a chance to do this painting of the folks on the beach before having a quick goof and going home. That is a word from my school days – “hey guys, lets go for a goof” (a swim).
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 3, 2011 under Art, en plein air, figure, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 10 Comments to Read
This is Rian and Ivor chatting at The Pipe.
This is 280x180mm on 85gm Arches Cold Pressed.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 1, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read
Last week at this time I was driving around Meadowridge, to find the venue for a watercolour demo. The group was the Constantiaberg Art Society and I had offered to do the demo. And what a friendly group of people they were. Thank you so much all of you for the warm welcome you gave me. I have not been painting much this year, as my lack of posting here attests and I must say I felt a little rusty. But I decided to put this to the group and suggested that I would find a photo on my lap-top and paint from that, using my outdoor kit. ”Lets all pretend we are down at The Pipe”.
So here is my first piece. I guess if I had been feeling more confident I would have done a single painting but allowed myself this start:
this was on 300gm Arches 370×280. There is some fun stuff going on in the sky but overall mmm. Ja well no fine!
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