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Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 16, 2011 under Art, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 
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Here is one of the paintings I did leading up to the previous post on Kogelbaai.
This is 560x380mm on Arches Cold Pressed
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 11, 2011 under Art, Demonstration, Kogelbaai, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 5 Comments to Read
Here is a painting I completed in my studio over the weekend. Included in this posting are some of the steps along the way. I have been asked to do a number of watercolour demos lately so I have looked at this scene from the point of view of starting and completing a finished work in about an hour.
More recently I have created a presentation in which I do a painting and relate the insights on what makes good watercolours to what it takes to successfully discuss, design and implement an effective team strategy.
I have included some of the steps in the process in this posting.
This painting was done on a 560×380 mm sheet of Arches 300gm Cold Pressed.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on March 21, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, seascape, Strand beach, watercolor, watercolour | 10 Comments to Read
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, 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 February 14, 2011 under Art, en plein air, figure, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 2 Comments to Read
On Saturday I did not want to surf as I am nursing a cracked rib (from surfing). So we all went for a swim and then Aura took a walk up the beach while Ethan and his mate went to play on the Supertube. So I had an hour.
I found a place near this group of people chatting.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on January 15, 2011 under Art, en plein air, figure, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 4 Comments to Read
I had a surf this morning and we all went down again this afternoon. The sea was quite messy, although the guys were out. The rest of my family went for a walk down the beach and I decided to sit on the dune at the entrance to the beach to do a painting. As I arrived Henrique, the surf coach, was there so I asked him if he would like to star in a watercolour. And he would. So here he is.
This is 380 x 560 mm on 185gm Arches Hot Pressed.
And he sat so nicely that I gave him the painting.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on January 9, 2011 under Art, en plein air, Family, figure, landscape, Muizenberg, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 6 Comments to Read
Yesterday we all went out to meet the cousins and Torill at Muizenberg. The waves were small but it was a beautiful day so we sat and chatted and I did this painting.
This is 280 x 380 mm on 185gm Arches Hot Pressed. (loving the hot-pressed).
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