10x8 oils

On the advice of my guru(Trev) I have added a piece of driftwood bottom right to act as an eye stop, got to admit it looks more balanced with it there and it enhances the pic a lot. Thanks Trev!

10x8 oils

Fairly pleased with this one, the thing about the knife is it might not produce a painting to suit everybody, but believe me painting with a knife is a joy, even if it does use 10 times as much paint

Nearly there, a few more clumps of grass and bits and pieces and it's done.

This is the next stage , quite pleased with the progress and like the little bit of knife work on the larger pot, it gives a nice texture to the surface.

Just trying something different, I really want to paint very loose but it is more dificult than painting realistically, so in the meantime I am going to go with realism, well I think so anyway!!

This is the first stage of a nice composition I saw on the internet, it won't be an exact copy 'cause that wouldn't be fair on the original artist (Jerry Yarnell)

Exactly what it says in the title, my acrylic version of dunes at Theddlethorpe.  Much more difficult (for me) to blend, look at the sky for instance.

Here is the oil version, much easier to do and infinitely more pleasurable 

Speaks for itself! The artist is Kirt Harmon, in my opinion a great deal of acrylic paintings the colours are too strong.. not with this artist they are perfect.

Here is a little trick from fotoshop.

Called line and wash effect.

Here is the original.

Like it?

 We had planned to go to the Clock chippy on Sat evening with our friend from Wisbech but due to unforeseen cicumstances they were closed. Oh well we'll take a walk into town and try the other recommended fish and chip restaurant  called Salty's, and we are pleased we did as it was as good as the Clock, to be fair if I was to choose a winner I couldn't because they are both very good. will put in a picture of Salty's when I take one.  

AND HERE IT IS!

Went for a walk with Bambi to the beach at high tide (Fri 20th March 18:07hrs)

This is what we saw:-

A beautifullly calm evening, hardly a soul on the beach. 

After we had looked at the scene and drank in the ambience we walked back towards the town and decided to call into the Clock Fish and Chip restaurant..GOOD MOVE!....... we have been fairly disappointed with the eating establishments(we haven't tried them all by a long way) but this restaurant had a sign out side which said "award winning" restaurant.....

                                                                                                           You can see why...the place is absolutely spotless, and the fish was cooked to perfection ie lovely light crispy batter, and the service was spot on very friendly and efficient, needless to say we will be returning hopefully many times and when family and friends come to visit we know where to go and not be disappointed.

 Here is a quickie, taken from a photo I took on Tues' 17th March on a very dull and misty day...

And here is the Photo' not much like it is it! but I like the painting just a little better than the photo....so there!

Mablethorpe rocks

He done it!  he got his finger out, and here is the finished article.

Well done Trev a very nice painting.....oil on canvas  1000mm x 700mm.

Dunes at Theddlethorpe oil on canvas board 10"x8"....Quite pleased with this one.

Here is a part done painting by Trevor, Coming along nicely. I will add the finished article when Trev' get's his finger out...

This a large painting  1000mm x 700mm,   Nice one!!

Here is a sky, for a pic I haven't decided on yet, but most decidedly it will be Mablethorpe!!

I suppose compared to, say, Mousehole or Malibu Mablethorpe is a bit less exciting(visually), but I live here and it's up to me to make something from what I have!! 

This is a start to something I hope will be visually stimulating.

The post title says "inspiration" well the inspiration is  a triple "Laphroiag" whisky and listening to Enigma remix 2012.