Storm Ciaran

Posted on November 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ciaran, Cornwall, Devon, isle of wight, Kent, Life, Rain, Sea, south England, Storm, Time, Weather3 Comments

Hundreds of miles of the South of England have been badly affected by Storm Ciaran (pronounced kiaron).

Rooves have been torn off, trees uprooted, a branch like a spear pierced the roof of a mobile home and punctured the bed the occupant had just vacated. A woman woke in the storm and grabbed her baby from it’s cot just as the windows blew in. 107 thousand homes had their power cut off. Many have had it restored but 20 thousand are still without electricity.

The channel islands have suspended ferry crossings and their airports are closed. There was a red weather warning indicating danger to life and property.

Meanwhile Northern France was also badly hit by the storm. I think there were wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. We are lucky to be far north of this weather event.

Devon coast

Posted on September 5, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Fine Art, Painting, pebbles, Rocks, Sand, Sea, seaside rocks, seaweed, Stones, water memories2 Comments

Acrylic on canvas. Devon beach and rocks on an overcast day. I think its near Plymouth, but the painting is probably 20 years old.

The rocks on this part of the coast are dark and craggy. The water makes them darker, with a slight glint to them. They form layers that slope down into the water and there are plenty of rock pools with barnacles and limpets. There might be small crabs lurking under seaweed in them. Between the rocks the sand is sandy coloured (goldish grey). With flat flakes of rock and stones and pebbles in discreet lines rolled into place by the tides. There are also strands of seaweed left at high tide where sand flies and sand hoppers dwell.

All this rembered because I painted the view.

Sea face

Posted on April 26, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Face, Inspiration, Life, Memory, Painting, Sea, Terracotta, TimeLeave a comment

Eight years ago I painted this. I based it on a broken terracotta wall plaque that I’d had on the wall outside but I think the frost split it. It sort of reminds me of the green man theme and I think I actually bought it in a green man shop in Pickering in Yorkshire….. It was an acrylic on canvas and I guess I must have sold it as I haven’t seen it for years? You can get inspiration from all sorts of places if you look.

Pastel drawing

Posted on March 25, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Land, Landscape, Life, mounted drawing, Pastels, Sea, Sketching, Sky2 Comments

Pastel drawing of sea, land and sky. Came up on my Facebook memories from four years ago. Where does the time go? It was one of the drawings I did during a pastel workshop a while ago. It was framed and has a mount over it so any loose pastel dust falls behind the mount and not in front of it. I think I’m going to take it over to a gallery where I have some work so I can try and sell it.

Water is blue

Posted on February 19, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Colour, Green, h2o, Ocean, Photo, Purple, Red, Sea, Sky, Water, YellowLeave a comment

How do i know the water is blue? Surely it’s transparent. But look at the sea. As you go deep into it you can see it stays blue until you go deep when it’s black. Then look at water at sunset. It stays blue even when the sky turns red doesn’t it? And in yellow white sunshine its very blue. Not green, not yellow, not red, not purple – Blue.

Final photo

Posted on February 14, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Beach, Commission, Fine Art, lapping, Ocean, Painting, Rocks, Sand, Sea, tide, Water2 Comments

I asked for a photo of my beach painting from the lady who bought it (it went to the person who had commissioned it and I had forgotten to take a picture). She was really happy with it. I tried to get that feeling of water washing on and out, flowing over the sand. A few dark rocks sit in the bottom right hand corner and I really tried to get bright sunny colours into it. I found the blue hard to get right, so I used a turquoise hue to get that marine feeling.

Overlooking

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Balcony, Beach, Clouds, Coast, Drawing, Felt pens, Ocean, overlooking, Sea, Sea view, View2 Comments

Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was Overlooking. This is an imagined landscape in felt pens. Being in Stoke with a shaking arm means I don’t get to travel much. I want to go to the sea again, and being in an apartment overlooking an ocean view would be a good thing to do.

Sold a painting

Posted on February 1, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Beach, Calm, Fine Art, Life, Memory, Painting, Relaxed, Rocks, Sand, Sea19 Comments

I sold this today, only for a few pounds, but it was my first for 2023. I’m not making a great deal of money out of my art, but I know that this will be going to a good home. I didn’t get a photo of it fully completed because my phone camera is playing up but it’s a pretty good representation of the final piece. I didn’t really think about it but it also made me feel calm when I looked at it.

Blue

Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Blues, Colour, colour mixing, depth of colour, Ocean, Sea, Sky, Variations, VisionLeave a comment

Blue, cobalt, ultramarine, pthalo blue, azure, cerulean, indigo, so many names for blue. When you choose colours to paint with you have to select the right one. When you choose you may want a transparent blue, or something stronger with a real depth of colour to it. If you want a colour to paint the sky you need to match what you see to what you can mix on the canvas. Sometimes you just can’t get the right combination of colours. Some blues have hints of red, or purple, or green or even yellow, it’s amazing how many variations of colours the eye can see. Sea, world, ocean, sky, so many blues.

Finished beach painting?

Posted on January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Beach, Blue, Commission, Fine Art, Painting, Sea, Small painting, YellowLeave a comment

I think this is done. It’s a beach and sea scene viewed from above. I decided to put some rocks in the bottom right corner, but do they look OK? This had Bern sitting on my easle since before Christmas and I have only just felt well enough to try and finish it. I hope the person who commissioned it likes it.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Sea