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Posted by Stephen Quirke on September 17, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 
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A spring evening at The Pipe. Painted on 185gm Arches Cold Pressed – 280x190mm.
Posted by Stephen Quirke on June 28, 2011 under Art, en plein air, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 2 Comments to Read
This evening I went down to see if there were any waves at The Pipe. Actually there was quite a nice wave but I really really wanted to paint. This had nothing to do with the icy North West wind. heh heh – mmm…
Here is the painting I did. A slightly newer view and one I would like to do again.
This is on 300 gm Arches Rough – a half sheet – 380 x 560mm
Posted by Stephen Quirke on June 18, 2011 under Art, en plein air, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 4 Comments to Read
I have just attended the wedding of Warren and Pamela. They are a friendly couple in our church who have been dating for what seems like a long time. Warren sometimes surfs at the Pipe so I thought he would like a painting.
So yesterday I bought a couple of sheets of Arches 300gm rough. This is a half sheet (560x380mm)
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 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!
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.
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