I have not fully cropped this image to show what colour of pastel paper I used. I often use the edges for testing colours as I work on the painting. The paper I used was Sennelier La Carte Pastel paper. It has quite a rough sandpaper texture which grips the pastel really well.
I love to do sky paintings in pastel. This sunset was inspired from my trip to Canada last year.
This is a small study for a new painting I have started. I used a mid tone blue Art Spectrum Pastel paper. The colour and tone looked good for the subject. I did another study on paler yellow paper which I felt didn’t work so well. These studies are worth doing to resolve some of the decisions that need to made early on in the painting.
This is another painting inspired by my trip last summer to Southampton in Canada. I did the study for this on a windy day with the sand whipping up around me.
My classes at the St Andrews Art Club have started back after the holidays. We have been doing some small colour studies, with the view to producing a larger studio painting. This is my study of a favourite beach in Montrose.
I have been preparing for a workshop I am doing this week for the Perthshire Art Association. I though a seascape would suit using acrylics as an underpainting and finishing with soft pastels.
This is a page from my sketch book showing some of my thumbnail sketches. The one on the top right is my small study for the previous post of “Snow Scene at Pittenweem”. I love doing these thumbnails and they give me energy to get on with my next painting.
Today I finished this painting of snow covering the beach on West Shore Pittenweem. My inspiration was from a visit last year on Boxing day. The path along West Shore was very icy. I loved the golden light across the water with snow covered foreground.
I got out my oil pastels today to do a study of Pittenweem harbour. The reflections on the water attracted me to this scene. As always Pittenweem is always a delight to the eye with all those colours on the boats, houses and water.
Here is a painting I did today of my favourite beach on Islay. It was windy when I was there however very sunny and colourful.