tonight's watercolour at the pipe

Posted by Stephen Quirke on August 27, 2009 under Art, Strand Pipe beach, en plein air, landscape, painting, seascape, watercolor, watercolour | 12 Comments to Read

It was another lovely warm evening and I sat at the pipe while Ethan had a surf.  Here is what I did – mmm – OK but…

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  • Caio Fernandes said,

    this work is realy wonderfull . i loved the light of it criated by the colours . and all this opened feelings !!

  • Carol King said,

    OOOh, I like this one a lot. You put in many more posts with shadows that are interesting. The mountains in the background seem, um, rocky. Love this one.

  • swatch said,

    Thanks hey – yes this was fun – I saw the shadows for the first time – maybe because the last time I painted there I looked at what I had done and wondered “why no shadows?”
    I gave myself lots of time and got a bit lost in the mountains – I want to develop a technique for all the detail.
    It feels so very good to sit and paint – my work is to find a balance – it just feels so good.

  • lesliepaints said,

    The composition in this is superb. The repetition in the posts and shadows they cast lead my eye right around the bend to the mountains. It’s as if the land hugs the water. I also like the balance of warm and cool colors you got to this. Thanks for the treat!

  • swatch said,

    Aha – this is useful – thanks hey Leslie – S

  • wrjones said,

    A nice path for the eye to follow into the background. Have you been tracking a lot of sand into the house?

  • swatch said,

    Hey Bill – I have instituted a process of regularly vacuuming my study – the marker is when my mouse feels crunchy under-? what – foot I suppose. heh heh – nice to see you here

  • InkSplodge! said,

    It’s good to see the extra detail. The sand looks invitingly wet – the clouds are superb and I like the moody, shady sea water in front of the mountains. Sorry, couldn’t find any ‘blah’ on this one.

  • swatch said,

    Hi June – thanks hey – I am in KZN right now with a big meeting and a big goodbye tomorrow – well if there is no blah – this is a step forward – S

  • butterflyhands said,

    This is nice Stephen. You can SEE the sun shining. Well, you will arrive back in Cape Town on a nice “wintery” spring day! : )

  • swatch said,

    Hey Cecily – Wednesday – tomorrow I am back – yes it is Spring – have you been out to the flowers yet? It sounds like it is raining down there. Cheers hey S

  • swatch said,

    Hi Caio – this is a special bit of feedback – sorry I took so long to reply – my original reply got lost – sometimes I hit the key for a new page before the reply has finished loading then it is gone

    Cheers hey

    S

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