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Posted by Stephen on July 2, 2010 under Art, en plein air, figure, painting, seascape, Strand Pipe beach, watercolor, watercolour | 3 Comments to Read

heh heh – well I hoped that it would have made something more pronounceable.   But it was really was just another evening at The Pipe (Friday).  Well no – I had two magnificent waves.  Wunderbar actually.  When this happens I get just an inkling of why people kick their day jobs to surf.  Man!

Anyway…

I left the water when it started getting to busy with people coming from the office.  And I set up on the beach.  For some reason I wasted a lot of time drawing and fiddling with gear before I got down to it.  But with the time in hand it was not a problem and I had time to chat with passers by.  Eventually I got going and decided to put in two figures.  One chap marched past and I was able to capture something of his walk.  Later two girls walked past arm in arm and I gave my chap a companion.  It was all so pleasant.  A friendly local couple agreed to take some photos of me painting, for my website.  Here is one:

Sweet kid came out of the water and spent a long time watching my painting.

I hung around and chatted and put in some finishing touches till it was almost dark before packing up.

Here is a photo of the view looking the other way just before I left:

that is the fence over the pipe with Table Mountain in the background.