EVENING ON BIRKDALE BEACH – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

Well maybe I’m starting to get somewhere on my project  of painting  local scenes. At last a  picture I am happy with. I was aided by some scratching out on this one and I also must admit to using a bit of gouache – but all in the best possible taste.

I did the original version of this on site in May, sitting in the evening sun. It does contain a wide range of colours, but then that is how it is, though on the final version I did some glazing to try and unify it. Looking back I didnt post the original sketch, so here it is.

Below is a snap of the scene, as I sat on top of the dunes.

Other paintings of the local area and further afield are available on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com or my new version: grahammcquadefineart.co.uk

 

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STARTING THE EVENING SHIFT – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

I have decided to do a set of paintings of the vicinity of where I live  for an exhibition at the end of the year and at present I am struggling. I have done two paintings which  I am not pleased with and a third got sold – so very little has progressed.

So after a brief pause I have re started and this is  the first one of the Shrimpers on Birkdale Beach – I  posted a version of this in May.  Recently I went back to the place to get more information and  have another attempt and here it is. Apart from it being a bit less overworked , I still have reservations, but I have decided to leave this and get on with the job; another painting is on the way. It will arrive on your screens shortly.

Other paintings of the Southport and Birkdale area are available for sale on my websites: grahammcquadefineart.com and grahammcquadefineart.co.uk

 

BLUE BECKONING – WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS

After this dose of waveforms I will return to dry land on my next blog – promise. The handing in day for the exhibition is this Thursday, so I am still looking for a painting to replace the original wave I was going to submit, as I mentioned in my previous blog. After doing this one above, I realised that a simple waveform could convey more energy than the more complex one in my last post. I was certainly pleased with this and the serenity it conveyed but I wanted to have another go at the one with rocks and here it is, below.

So one goes into the exhibition, well to the selection panel, anyway.

Other seascapes and sea related subjects are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefine.com

BREAKER’S THUNDER – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

I  was assembling some paintings for the town’s big exhibition which takes place in the main Art Gallery. I had a few lined up for submission but last Saturday  I got a call from my framer who asked if I still had my painting of  a wave. This was going to be one of my entries. I  took it around to my framer who duly sold the painting to a guy who had seen it when it was displayed there in March and who  waited until now to make some enquiries.

It was a nice problem to have and  I thought I would do another couple and see how they turned out. Above is the first one. A second is in progress. I included some rocks on this one and really like their warmth against the cool colours of the sea.

It may be a bit over complicated when compared to the one I sold ( and displayed in February on this blog). I certainly liked the first one’s simplicity, which is  maybe why it caught the eye of the buyer  – see below.

Other scenes of water and the sea are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

SHORELINE – WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS

The last of the seaside paintings – well at least for a while – I promise. This is from the sketches I posted earlier.

I also did a painting of the water surface sketch I published in my last blog.

Other seascapes and beach scenes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

SCENES OF THE OCEAN – WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES

When I was on holiday I took many photos of waves in order to paint some seascapes on my return. I had these images on one of my memory cards which I placed inside my computer case for safe keeping. It didn’t work: I lost the card and with it many photos of my holiday. Fortunately I had two other cards full of images, but not many of the sea. Anyway I have a number of images from other stays by the seaside and a few on the other cards so I tried out some sketches.

Here are a few of them. I will try working these up to bigger paintings, in fact I’ve already started on one.

The last one is mixed media which is what I wanted to explore, but I was happy with the straight watercolours so I have decided to stay with that.

So there will be a few more paintings of the shoreline in the coming weeks.

Other paintings of beaches are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

BEACH DAYS – ACRYLIC PAINTING

In the end I plumped for something upbeat to start the new year with; the summer days to come – well at least for us poor northerners. This was taken from a place where everyone is currently luxuriating in hot summer holiday days.

It was either this painting or one of a hyena. I might keep that for the Chinese new year, well it is the year of the dog.

I did like the way the primary colours of the sunshade blaze out against the dark sea and the shaded figures contrast against the dry,  hot sand.

Happy New Year.