This is a commission that I'm working on at the moment, and I thought it would be a good chance to step you through, how I approach it.
It's quite a good size piece at 36 x 24 inches. i'm using W&N Alkyd oils for this.
Step one; I toned the canvas with a light yellowy /purple/ grey, and outlined my big shapes with a watered down mix of alazarin crimson and ultramarine blue.
Starting with the sky, I painted fast and loosely moving from the distance to the foreground, spending a little time on the clouds, headland and surf.
Step Two; I filled in the beach, grass and ground under the van, just blocking in colours to gauge their relationships.
