changing light

I'm taking a Christmas break but having shown you the photographs of this beach in Cornwall in changing light, I thought I would show you just some of the sketches and paintings of the beach in different weather and at different times of day.



for a longer write up please visit our group website watermarks :>) where I'll go into more detail about limited palettes, working plein air, size and medium, light, time and tide ......

I hope everyone had a great Christmas

I got some lovely new art supplies to play with :>)

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Gesa said…
me too! - that's for the art supplies: i am getting rather fond of my polychromos and exploring their mixed media versatility and markmaking. as i also said on the wm blog: these are so beautiful!

have a very good break and all the best for 2009! my time in the woods and fields is almost up, and i'm looking forward to more quiet time back in gla.
7:43 pm
Anita said…
So lovely, Vivien. The light in England really is so lovely. I'm intrigued by how the light changes around the world.
1:47 am
vivien said…
I like my polychromos too - it's amazing how many media they'll mix with :>)

It'll be interesting to se your variations on the Bulls Pool

Yes, light is soooo different around the world Anita I agree and so interesting

Happy New Year to you both
3:59 pm
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