"Slip Slider"

Today is one of those days. Sunny, clean surf rolling into our Atlantic shores and it's warm, well warm for the end of November that is!
This one is fresh off the easel, I love painting glassy sparkly days. Now to get the board out of the garage and slide a few myself. Have a great day!

"Slip Slider" 32 x 12 inches Acrylic on canvas. £400 Sold

"Mending the Nets" watercolours from a Greek Island.

There's an inherent joy in watching somebody happy and engrossed in their work. Whilst I was painting this harbour scene on Hydra, this fellow started mending his nets accompanied by an old transistor radio blasting out Greek Music, the harder he worked the louder his singing got. All bathed in the heat of the midday sun.

You can see the full painting on my fine art website here.

Have a great day!

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you....!" - A day in the life of an artist.

"Summer Morning , Lee Bay" watercolour 12 x 9 inches. available here.

As an artist that likes to paint outdoors, sometimes you get the occasional curious passerby. It's all part of the experience. It's fun to share a few moments with someone who is interested in what you are doing.
I have to tell you that on this blissfully, peaceful Summer morning in a remote bay on the North Devon coastline, Paul Kenton and I were deep into our paintings when the silence was shattered by a four wheel drive SUV that screamed by, stopped, then reversed at speed to stop feet away from us. Out leapt a middle-aged woman, kitted out in high heel stilettos, leopard skin leggings, a sequinned top and a fur jacket, full make-up and hair pomped up high. Who then spoke at one hundred miles in an hour in an accent that was hard to make out, but definitely not English, for at least fifteen minutes, all the while snapping away furiously with her iPhone as we painted.  Then she jumped back into her monster truck , blew us a few kisses and wheel spun off.

All in a sleepy morning's work in North Devon.


"Painting the Outdoors with Passion"

"From The Donkey Path" watercolour painting in the Aegean.

This was the view from the path that the donkeys used to take supplies up to the old monastery ontop of the island. Halfway up in the midday heat was enough for me. On a quiet island, this place was absolutely still, except for the cicadas clicking away in the dry brush.

"From The Donkey Path" watercolour 12 x 9 inches framed £145 Available here.

Have a great day!

 

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Two FREE oil paintings today! - Watercolour plein air painting on a Greek Island.

I've got a treat for someone today! For the first two people to support my "Painting Hydra" Greek Island watercolour project over on Kickstarter at the £120 reward level, right here . I will donate one of these framed original 9 x 6 inches oil paintings as well as the 12 x 9 inch framed watercolour reward. That's two paintings each for two lucky people! One oil and one watercolour! So pop over to Kickstarter now and pledge your support! "Painting Hydra" by Steve PP on Kickstarter.com

You'll get a great opportunity to share in the creative experience of a genuine plein air painting trip, with daily updates in an exclusive travel blog emailed direct to your inbox, and the chance to choose the subject of your painting from all of the sketches and studies that I make on location on the island of Hydra.

So what are you waiting for? Enjoy a Mediterranean painting trip with me now! Just click on this link to get you to my funding page and grab yourself some sun drenched art! Thank you and have a great day!

Steve PP.

"Summer"

"May in the Bay"

June on the Coast - Watercolour sunset paintings at the beach.

June certainly didn't disappoint, when it came to warm weather and melting sunsets. Most evenings you could find a gathering down on Barricane Beach, soaking up the warmth and the spectacular sunsets.

"Wouldn't Want To Be Anywhere Else!" was all you could here some evenings.

12 x 9 inches watercolour on arches paper. Framed. £145 Sold.

The other side of June is the quiet weekdays before the main tourist season starts and these fisherman were enjoying the solitude of a sunset fishing session. I wonder if they caught anything?

"Sunset Fishermen" 12 x 9 inches watercolour on arches paper. Framed. £145 Sold.

"Ordering Lunch" watercolours of Woolacombe Bay.

"Ordering Lunch" watercolour 10 x 7 inches. Soon be June, and that makes me think of hot days on the beach, Moules and Frites after a salty swim and falling asleep in the sun with sandy feet.

10 x 7 framed £65 Sold.

Have a great day!

"Keeping up with the news" -watercolours on Woolacombe Beach.

Derek's diggers are busy preparing the sand base for the beach huts to go up on next week. Soon they will be a maze of windbreaks and Deckchairs all vying for a secluded spot of beachside real estate.
I love this time of year! I'm excited to get down on the beach for some plain air painting. Here's to a good Summer.
 "Catching up on the news" - watercolour 12 x 9 inches. www.stevepp.co.uk

BigSplashySlider -watercolour surfer

After the fun I've had painting this series on a 12 x 9 inch size, I felt the urge to paint them bigger and see what came out using bigger mop brushes. This is the first of  them on a 20 x 16 inches watercolour pad. I'm excited to go even larger with them, using the bigger brushes made for looser more spontaneous washes and strokes, then using the same brush held right on the tip of the handle in a vertical position for the detailed parts made for a really pleasing painting experience. I hope you like it? Now I have to go and find some bigger sheets of watercolour paper.

Have a great day!

"BigSplashySlider" 20 x 16 inches £295.Sold