End of a Woolacombe Bay Summer.

After a warm, September weekend of slower paced life in our little coastal village, it really does feel as if Summer has come to an end.
Monday morning opened up the week with a storm knocking on the door, heavy rain and strong winds, are raining ripe apples down upon my wooden studio roof.
After a nondescript month of weather in August, the beginning of September has been a joy.
Not only for the slower pace of life here, but it came with some warm days, good waves and stunning sunsets, providing some fantastic subjects to get my brushes moving.

Here is a selection of some of the paintings from the past few weeks.
I hope you enjoy them

Have a great day!

"Painting the Outdoors with Passion"
www.stevepp.co.uk

"Devon Delight" watercolour.

"Early Morning Mill Rock" watercolour.

"Early On A Summer's Day" watercolour.

"High Tide" watercolour.

"Hot Afternoon" watercolour.

"Summer Delight" watercolour.

"Sunset Friends" Acrylic.

"Sunset Sliders" watercolour.

"Sunshine and Showers" watercolour.

"Waiting for Customers" watercolour.

"Spring Surf Checker" - 12" x 9" watercolour painting

Sometimes that Spring urge gets you all suited and booted  and waxed up, only to get to the beach and find out it's still freezing in a fresh onshore wind and the surf is junk.

This guy was keen as mustard today, I think that he stood there checking longer than he actually surfed for. Don't worry my friends, warmer weather is just around the corner.

Have a great day!

  £145 framed. Sold.

Early Morning Calm - the journey of a watercolour painting

A question that is often asked is "how do you get your inspiration?".
For me it can be simply walking or driving out and about with open eyes just taking in scenes and almost daydreaming at them until something takes my fancy.

Then I usually make a pen sketch , which gets loosely and lightly embellished with watercolour washes.

After that I like to paint a brush sketch for my colour notes, without using any drawing, to get that lovely, loose feel that often eludes a finished piece.
Then I take these back to the studio and work on the composition, with as light a drawing as possible and some design tweaks. Then I apply a few light washes to get the light colours and tones down, making sure to leave my "saved" whites of just the paper, before applying more layers and finally my juicy darks to bring it all to life.

"Early Morning Calm" watercolour 12 x 9 inches framed. Available £155.

Have a great day!

"Flaming June" watercolour painting in Devon

After a glorious end to May, June has started off with the thermostat turned down a little. That doesn't affect the stunning sunsets though.

"Flaming June" watercolour framed 7x 5 inches £35 Sold.

"Morte Point Burner" watercolour painting on Woolacombe Beach.

After yesterday's hot , sunny day, today showed us the other side of late Spring, heavy showers and a grey thunderous cloud laden sky.
Not one to let a grey day dampen my mood, I set about on a recent Morte Point sunset to lift the grey gloom, it did the job for me , I hope that it does the same for you?

Have a great day!

"Morte Point Burner" 12 x 9 inches framed.
£145 Sold.

 

"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

"Mini Splashy Slider"- watercolour surfers- Escoda - Daniel Smith

Having so much fun painting these that I thought I'd try out a "mini_slider", so here it is.
Painted with Daniel Smith Watercolours using Escoda Perla brushes, just beautiful pieces of kit. If you paint , you owe it to yourself to try these brushes and paints out, they truly are some of the best that I have ever used!

"Splashy cutback Slider" framed 7 x 5 inches.

£25

Sold.

"Winter Jewels" - Woolacombe beach watercolour.

I don't know about you, but this current run of wet and extremely windy weather , has had me yearning for some sunny, dry days. This is a scene that warms me inside , a gentle surf rolling in and a glowing sunset, yes, it's February, they can happen, honest!

"Winter Jewels" watercolour 12 x 9 inches framed.

"Lundy Lovers" back to the easel.

After a month of design work sat at the computer, it was a joy to be back at the easel today, painting this wedding day commission . 24 x 10 inches oil on canvas.

 

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"Are you going in?" watercolour Woolacombe Bay.

Another cracking day at the beach today.With lighter winds and blue skies my brother and I headed down towards Putsborough Sands to paint looking back across the bay to Morte Point and Woolacombe. Every now and then the odd car would rock up with a couple of keen aquanauts looking for a "more sheltered wave". I thought that I would try the panoramic block from Hahnemuhle today. I really liked the format for the landscape setting that we chose. Not too sure on the weave in the paper though, a sthey have it running from top to bottom which seemed a tad strange for a landscape format?
"Are you going in? " watercolour 20 x 8 inches. Available.£195.

"Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas everyone!"

Thank you for all of your friendship and kind support in 2013. Thank you if you have bought a painting, your generous support has kept me inspired and financially able to paint every day. For which I am eternally grateful!

May health , love and happiness visit you and yours this Christmas!

Steve PP.

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"For Pete's sake!" Woolacombe watercolour

"For Pete's sake!" Says it all. If you don't stop to take in that moment, something so beautiful is gone in an instant. Take that moment!

"The 12 Bays of Christmas " watercolours 1/2/3

Okay, so here are the first three watercolours in the "12 Bays of Christmas" series.

Number one is "Sea Pinks" , painted from one of my regular spots, I walk this stretch of coastline every day with my little dog and we always stop to take in that day's particular spectacle.This day's special mood was just the stillness and tranquility of the moment, framed by the stunning display of Sea Pinks, just beautiful !

12 x 9 framed £120 Sold.

Number 2 is "Fresh Sea Air" . Some days when the Northerly winds blow down the air just gets so crisp and clear , this was such a day. Looking over Morte point from Black Cloud Hill, just stunning!

12 x 9 framed £120 sold.

This shows you how the twelve paintings in this series will all be framed, just nice and clean and white, perfect for any wall.

Number 3 is titled "Summer Sizzler" and is one of those flag cracking days at Woolacombe Beach, the daisies are in full bloom and the sand is hot and the sea refreshingly cool.

12 x 9 inches framed Sold

As Christmas is not too far away, I will be putting together my available paintings newsletter tomorrow , which I will email out to all of my collectors and subscribers, just in case there is anything that might take your fancy for a festive treat.
Have a great day!
Steve PP.

"The 12 Bays of Christmas" watercolour paintings by Steve PP

" The 12 Bays of Christmas" - On the twelfth day of Christmas , my true love bought for me....a watercolour by Steve PP.

Just for a limited time only over the next few weeks, I will be painting twelve watercolours of Woolacombe Bay. They will be 12 x 9 inches and framed. Each framed painting will be available for a special price of £120 and can be paid for in three monthly instalments of £40.

If you are interested or would like to reserve one , please leave me a comment below.

Thank you and have a great day!

"Summer Sunset" mini watercolours on Saunders Waterford paper from St.Cuthberts Mill.

"Summer Sunset" - Woolacombe Beach , Devon. 7 x 5 inches framed £35 Sold.

Thanks to the kind people at St.Cuthberts Mill, I received some watercolour samples to try. This is the first one that I painted on Saunders Waterford 300gsm Rough, and very nice it was too, a good paper that held the pigment well yet was still smooth enough to allow detail work. I will definitely be using this paper again!

Give it a try!

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"Majestic May" oil painting outdoors in Devon

"Majestic May" today's little oil study for your viewing pleasure, was painted on a still May morning with not a soul on the beach,the light on Morte Point truly was majestic!

9 x 6 inches £60

"Morning Beachgoers" plein air oil sketch

" Morning Beachgoers" oil on panel 9 x 6 inches. Sold.
Painted early on a July morning the beach was under threat from an encroaching sea fog, luckily the sun burnt through and the day was a beauty, with a warm wind blowing across the sand.