"Incoming Tide, Woolacombe Bay" time lapse oil painting demo

I have just finished this 6ft x 2ft oil painting of the beautiful vista that is Woolacombe Bay in North Devon. It was painted on a canvas supplied by a new business called Fine Art Canvas, here in Devon. I have to say that it was a joy to paint on, definitely the best quality canvas that I have used yet. The wooden stretcher frames are all hand crafted and the joints are linked by an adjustable system made in Italy that takes an allen key, brilliant! They will make you any custom size that you require as well as a range of textures and thicknesses of canvas. More importantly, the price was very reasonable.
The timelapse movie was filmed using my iPad and an app called  iMotion HD, a really simple user friendly app.

You can see the finished painting on the Steven A.Pleydell-Pearce Fine Art website along with many other plein air coastal paintings.
Have a great day!
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" Flavours of Florence " - a collection of paintings from Italy.

‎"Flavours of Florence"- all new work from the Florence, Italy trip, with Paul Kenton is now up on my Fine Art website, if you fancy a browse I would be more than grateful! Have a good day! www.stevepp.co.uk

" The dark end of the street " - oil painting in Italy 2

"Shadows embraced the stylish young woman as she strode with purpose away from the midday heat of Florence. Was she bound for an illicit meeting or just an innocent rendezvous with an old friend for coffee?"

Everywhere that you walked in the medieval, historic centre of Florence, you turned corners to be met with dark shadows then shafts of brilliant sunlight at the other end of the street, highlighting rows of bicycles, scooters and the ever present little Fiat 500s.

"The dark end of the street." Oil on canvas 60 x 40 cms unframed. ©Steven A.Pleydell-Pearce Fine Art

Have a great day!

Surf Art Gift Ideas

Thinking of getting something different for a gift this year? Why not order an original Surf Art painting by Steve PP for a unique and different present. Each painting is custom painted for you in oils on canvas or wood. Leave me a comment to get the ball rolling, and I'll get straight back to you!  Have a great day!

" Where the waters meet" - painters in the mist

15 x 5 inches Oil on panel available framed £350 

The Devon 11 ventured out onto the coast for their bi-annual trip to Lynmouth, and despite tricky weather conditions, huge fun and some excellent painting was had. This was my favourite painting from the trip.
See more about the trip here. The Devon 11 blog.

" Sunshine inbetween the Showers" - (Studio Version)

26 x 20 inches oil on canvas £600 Sold

There's something really enjoyable about working up a larger canvas from a smaller study. Getting bigger brushes moving with more open body posturing has to be fun. It certainly feels good. Then to see lots of paint on a good size surface always pleases me.

" Late Summer "

9 x 6 inches oil on panel £100

" Last of the summer flowers, giving there warmth to the end of Summer, quieter beaches and a calmness to all things."

" Down the Valley "

9x 6 oil on panel £100

I painted this from the patio of " Greenacres" bed and breakfast here in Woolacombe , it has a stunning view down the valley, and on this morning it was especially pleasing. i started with an underpainting of mid-purple and then built up to the lights from the darks. It had a really tranquil feeling to it , especially as out of shot to the right, queues of beachgoers in their cars snaked down the hillside road to fill the beach carpark. One of this Summer's beautiful warm days.

Downend to Baggy

24 x 12 inches oil on canvas £230 sold.

Easel set up high in the dunes at Croyde Bay looking out across the beach to Baggy Point, as the surf goes into it's infamous low-tide set up.

Sun between the showers.

9 x 6 inches oil on board £100

SOLD

Paul Kenton, Shaun Latham and I went down to Combesgate Beach for a lovely little surf, then spent the rest of the afternoon setting up the easels and painting.

This piece was the result of that pleasant afternoon. The sun came and went and the ominous Summer clouds returned en masse.

The light was excellent though, and I really enjoyed capturing the  moments of sunlight on the ocean and headland inbetween the clouds and showers.

Come visit my gallery on DAILY PAINTWORKS !

I'd like to invite you over to the DAILY PAINTWORKS website. I have a new gallery and as of today you can bid for some of my oil paintings on their auction page.

It's a great site packed with good art. Why not pop over for a visit?

The Harbour

60x16 inches oil on canvas Sold

Painting this large studio canvas up from my small 15x5 study was quite a challenge. You have to stand a lot further back a lot more often when working on this size. This was my choice of painting for the first exhibition of " The Devon 11", last weekend.

You can see the rest of the artists' work here.

Three Points

5x5 inches Oil on wood panel Framed £50 Sold
Atmospheric perspective is often difficult to achieve when painting a wide expansive stretch of coast.
With the elements of the composition overlapping, you get to feel the distance a lot more readily.
A lovely little sparkly day at the cove.

Lundy Sparkle

5x5 inch oil on panel framed £50 Sold

Conor Wilson and I, went out painting on Combesgate Beach last week, and discovered the joys of painting on small square panels. The speed that you can capture a study in was much quicker than with the larger panels we had used previously. Not to mention you don't need to mix so much paint up on your palette, which on a hot or windy day tends to dry really quickly, when you are using Alkyds.

We are both hooked on these little panels and will be using them a lot more this Spring and Summer.

Hot and Hazy

9 x 6 inches Framed Oil £68

SOLD

Took a trip down the coast yesterday, and painted a study at Welcombe Mouth. By the time that I had set up the easel , the late morning sun was already hot enough to create a haze over the still cool ocean.
I used a purple ground under this one, which helped with the wet sand and rocks that are in abundance here.

Spring Saunton

9 x 6 Oil Framed £68 

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The Spring sunshine drew Conor Wilson and myself outdoors to paint the wonderful overview of Saunton Sands from the Down opposite. We set ourselves a time limit of one hour to do capture as much colour and value information as possible. I love doing these quick studies, as you really concentrate on getting down on canvas, just the essential ingredients of what you see. A shorthand note taking for when you choose to paint a larger version in the studio.
I definitely know that I will be painting this one up onto a larger canvas soon.

Exmoor Gold

9 x 6 inches framed Oil on Canvas Board. £68 framed.

Just a short walk from The National Trust's Exmoor Bunkhouse, takes you up onto the hill behind, revealing a stunning view south out over the moors.

The sun was just setting and the task in hand was to capture the soft light bathing the valley below. The hit of golden yellow from the Gorse that is full flower now, gave a great highlight and complementary colour  note to the rest of the composition.

Rising Sun

9 x 6 inches Oil on canvas board Sold

Conor Wilson suggested this view point on our recent rip to Lynmouth, and boy!, what a beauty he picked.
The view down over the harbour with it's Rhenish Tower and sleepy Springtime river trickling it's way out to sea, was truly special. the early morning haze burnt off, but lingered just long enough to give some decent atmospheric perspective to the Cliffs in the distance.

Spring Valley

15 x 5 oil on canvas. Sold.
The Lyn river winds its way down from Watersmeet through the picturesque village of Lynmouth out into the Bristol Channel, and on a day like this you feel like you've gone back in time a few hundred years.
The panoramic format suited this composition following the river's course down to the sea. Painted up from a dark purple acrylic ground.

" Lynmouth on the Rocks "

15 x 5 inches Oil on wood panel Sold.

I really enjoyed painting this study down on the rocks looking across at the harbour in Lynmouth. Trying to separate the view into easily paintable planes was quite a challenge. I worked from dark up into light from an ochre ground, which I found really helpful.