What makes a perfect day at the beach?

Warm sun, board shorts ,blue skies, clean surf and good friends. Everything that makes a perfect day at the beach.

"Surf Check" Oil on canvas 23 x 16 inches. Available from http://www.stevepp.co.uk/project/surf-check/ 

Have a great weekend!

"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

How stylish is your slide?

Back in the day , the old guys used to say "it's all about the style...either you've got it or you haven't!" 
Slide with style !

#Painting 1

"Fast Eddy" #watercolour 17 x 13 inches framed 

#Painting 2

" Herb" #watercolour 21 x 10 inches framed

#Painting 3

" Skipper " #watercolour 17 x 13 inches framed 

#Painting 4

"Splashy Surf Sister "  #watercolour 17 x 13 inches framed

#Painting 5

"Single Fin Simon "#watercolour 17 x 13 inches framed ,

#Painting 6

"Splashy Soul Surfer" #watercolour 17 x 13 inches framed 

#Painting 7

"Power Turn Pete"  #watercolour 13 x 10 inches framed and delivered for £

#Painting 8

"Stay Dry All Day Jay"   #watercolour 13 x 10 inches framed and delivered for £70. Sold.

#Painting 9

"Roundhouse Ron"   #watercolour 21 x 17 inches framed and delivered for £195.
Sold

#Painting 10

" Laidback Luke"  #watercolour 21 x 17 inches Sold £195.



Have a great day!

" Lunch Hour " - watercolour paintings of Florence, Italy.

This stylish young lady was enjoying her lunch on the go, on this sunny day in Florence, Italy. Watercolour 12 x 9 inches.

Available here.

Have a great day!

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"The Golden Hour"- the power of sunsets- watercolour

"The Golden Hour" when everything in the world feels right for a short while. 
There is something about that time of day that just pushes a memory wipe button , which puts me into a blissful warm zone forgetting about everything whilst it happens. Then as soon as that sun sinks below , ......Booom! everything switches back on. Maybe it's just me?

"Downrail dom" watercolour surfers

Aching arms, salt baked skin....yep, "Downrail Dom" just checked in. Watercolour 12 x 9 inches. Framed.

£120 Sold.

"Four dudes ride out" - watercolour surfers

"Laidback Luke"

£295

"Dave the Wave"

£65 Sold.

"Jive talkin' Jo

£65 Sold.

"Freewheelin' Fred"

£145 Sold

"Laidback Luke","Freewheelin Fred" , "Jive talkin' Jo" and "Dave the Wave" are all hanging out at Eddy's in Woolacombe this week. I'm really enjoying these splashy sliders, and the watercolour medium just feels perfect for loose , stylish dudes on sticks.

Have a great day!

"Fast Eddy and his brother ..Herb" - water-colour surfers.

"Fast Eddy" lip carving on his fish. watercolour 12 x 9 inches. 

Available £120.

........and his styling' brother "Herb"! watercolour 20 x 8 ins. 

Available £145.

These boys have got style in their genes. Watch out for Eddy and his soul carving family at an establishment near the beach soon!

Have a great day!

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

Splashy Sunday Slider- watercolour surfer

 

Our old friend the wind returned to groom us with it's presence today, whilst the huge surf looked spectacular with it's exaggerated rooster trails of spray, it was a day for studio painting. I thought I'd try a Splashy Slider on the Hahnemule panoramic watercolour paper. What do you think, does the extended width benefit the composition?

"Splashy Sunday Slider #4 50 x 20 cms.

£145 Sold!

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"Slide on!" - watercolour surfing.

 

I'm really enjoying painting these new SplashySliders, using the watercolour pigment and a mop style brush feels loose and fluid, a natural medium for trying to convey the elusive element of stylish surfing.

"SplashySurfer #3" 12 x 9 inches Framed.

£120 Sold!

 

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The sun's come out! "SplashySlider #2" watercolour

Well these new style "SplashySliders" are starting to have a strange voodoo thing going on. It was cloudy and raining when I started painting this one , then halfway through, the sun came out and now it's wall to wall blue skies! Maybe I should keep on painting these, what do you think? Maybe if I paint enough of them, it might go offshore and glassy too!
"SplashySlider #2" 12 x 9 framed.

£120

Sold!

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"Splashy Slider" -is it time yet?

 

With the sun out and the sea looking a better shade of blue, I start thinking of warmer days and splashy ways! Trying a something a little bit different.
"Splashy Slider No.1" watercolour 12 x 9 inches.

£120 Framed.Sold.

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Baking in the sun, the perfect wave rolls on!

Well June has blessed us with true Summer weather and the mural is coming along a treat, here are a few photos to show you where I'm at today!