Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts

Monday, 27 October 2014

"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"

Monday, 7 July 2014

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.





Wednesday, 7 May 2014

"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