Fishing
Boats at St. Ives, Cornwall
With all
the beautiful sunny weather this week I just wanted to paint something really
sunny and summery. Looking through an old sketch book I found a pen and ink
drawing of some boats from when we were on holiday as a family in Cornwall in
August 1998. I had never got around to producing a painting from it despite
also keeping a reference photo, but here we are 14 years on and I finally found
the moment!
I often
like to paint from a combination of sketches done on the spot, and reference
photos. The rest is interpretation. So what was my ‘take’ on the picture? Well,
I wanted it to be as sunny and bright as possible. The way to do this in
painting is not only to make the shadows dark and often hard-edged but also to make
the shadow colourful, ie blue and mauve rather than grey or brown. Also bring
out the bright colours big time on those red and yellow balloon thingies with
shine on, and don’t touch the white, just leave as blank paper. I’m pleased
with the result as summer has been a long time coming and may disappear again
in another day or two, so I feel as though I’ve spent the day back in St. Ives!
And here's a link to the painting on my website: Fishing Boats at St Ives in Watercolour
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