sketching in oil paints - Cornwall
copyright Vivien Blackburn
Across the beach, Mawgan Porth 14 inches square, oil on canvas paper
A sketch in oil paint done from our window in Cornwall, looking across the beach as the tide was coming in.
Done using Griffin Alkyd oil paints - I really like these for plein air sketching as they dry faster. It was done in a Cryla sketch pad - Cryla pads have a canvas like texture and are designed for acrylics but are just as good for oil paints.
At the moment I'm working long hours so painting time is really limited :( I need some of Maggie Stiefvaters organisational and time management skills. I'm sadly lacking in both :(
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Oh do visit Cornwall and Wales if you get the chance Bill - both are beautiful.
Snowdonia is wild and a little bleak but wonderful and south Wales is much gentler - I have to admit I prefer North Wales myself.
Your brush strokes are really expressive too.
I sometimes use them even on large canvasses if I know I want to work on it quickly over a few days with the possibility of glazing the next day I know I will be able to - it could sometimes be a week with normal oils before that's possible.
... but be prepared for West Coast weather - it can be glorious or misty, gales, rain ....
but still beautiful :)
But Cornwall is idyllic when the weather is good and you've certainly caught a sense of Cornwall by the sea in this one. The texture and treatment of the clouds in particular is marvellous.
Also very interesting to hear how you got on with the Alkyds and the Cryla pads. They sound great for plein air sketches.
Penzance???? that's on the soft south coast of Cornwall!!! you should see the storms on the north coast >:>)
When we lived there one gusted at 120mph and flipped a huge aeroplane across the airfield totally writing it off.
When the gales were from that direction - straight off the Atlantic - all the fishing boats would go round to harbours on the south side