Last weekend the weather was not really very great, but we thought it would be nice to go to the beach for a walk. As expected there were not many people so we had a nice time.
The weather was - as said - not great, there was a light fog and the sky was coloured yellow by Sahara sand or dust that was blown high in the sky and now came over to us. In fact the view was limited and mostly grey, a very special atmosphere, not often related to a beach walk.
Of course I made some reference pictures of the light on the water - as it was low tide, the sea was far away - and wanted to paint that.
Painting in shades of grey means mixing colours and that did not go as I hoped mostly because the grey had to be really light, a bit blueish for the sky and a bit brownish for the wet sand. My mixture did not do what I wanted so I changed plan and made a painting with a bit more blue and brown than I first intended.
As 'it all happens on the paper' the painting must be brought to a good result on that paper. And that is what I did.
The result still shows the yellow shades of the Sahara sand, the light spot in the clouds and the light on the water and because of the colours I ended up with it is more recognisable as a seascape.
The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.
