Sunday, January 27, 2013

Snow on the beach, Sutton on sea

Snow on the beach, Sutton on sea

Yesterday I thought it might be nice to have a change from painting snow, so headed over to Sutton on sea again and would you believe it? I was amazed to find the beach was covered in snow!
So here we are - first time I've ever painted snow on a beach and I think it's the first time I've ever seen snow on a beach...


I used one of my 8" x 16" wooden panels for this, and at the time I was really unsure about how it was going but after getting it home and warming up (and quite a few favourable comments) I've really warmed to the painting too. I think the snowy beach looks like a snowy beach, and that's a good thing!

Last visit here was in November, and I did a similar format painting looking exactly in the same direction...

No snow in November!

Looking very serious... or cold.. or thinking about chips and mushy peas...




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10 comments:

  1. DavidJanuary 27, 2013 at 11:20 PM

    Love the sky and the tones/colours in the ground/snow are in perfect harmony. Brave to venture onto the beach...not much shelter to be had there...clearly worth it though as you've ended up with a real winner.

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    1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2013 at 9:13 AM

      Thanks David, I was well wrapped up in about a hundred layers! My toes did get a bit frozen though...

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  2. StevenJanuary 28, 2013 at 2:55 AM

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing and blogging... your willingness to brave the elements and put it all out there on the web inspires!

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    1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2013 at 9:13 AM

      Thank you Steven, so glad you are enjoying my painting and blogging :-)

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  3. Peter BarkerJanuary 28, 2013 at 9:25 AM

    Lovely radiating sky tones - love the subtle green passage on the right near the horizon. Quite a Pastelly effect, in fact I thought you'd done a Pastel at first! A cracker..

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    1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2013 at 10:19 AM

      Thank you Peter! Yes the sky seemed to call for a softly softly approach - not my usual crashing around! :-)

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  4. Bobbi HeathJanuary 28, 2013 at 8:24 PM

    It really does look like a beach with snow on it, well done! I've been struggling with a frozen lake that doesn't look like one, so I am impressed. I hope you got your chips and mushy peas afterwards.

    Did you varnish the board first? How did you find it compared to gessoed canvas or other boards you've used? I'd love to hear more.

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    1. UnknownFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM

      Thanks Bobbi! I used two coats of clear gesso (Winsor and Newton) on the boards which gave it a rather nice tooth, felt like a sandpaper to touch. It did seem more absorbent than usual though, the first paint I put on mixed with lots of turps did 'bleed'. I don't know whether another coat would help with that. I'm keen to keep the colour of the wood as a base :-)

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  5. angela j simpsonJanuary 31, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    Love the top one - fabulous!

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Thank you for your words!