It's on a Langton Prestige 'Fine Grain' COLD watercolour paper Block. Using my new travelling Filbert brush that I mentioned in a previous post, and the small travelling brush that comes with the Winsor & Newton Field Box.
Photograph: South Beach, Aberystwyth
(Painted outdoors at the location)
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I used Winsor Blue Green Shade for the sky and the sea, and mixed that with Winsor Yellow for the hills to the left and distance. Yellow Ochre was used for the harbour wall. Aliz Crimson mixed with Winsor Blue G/S for the foreground pebbles, with a deeper mix for the ones closer to the shoreline. The same mix was used as shadow on the harbour wall, the small self contained lighthouse at the end of the wall, the sailing boat and the breaking waves. Burnt Sienna provided some of the driftwood detail on the pebbles, and some contrast in pebble colour.
This one took about two hours to paint. A lovely two hours sat in the chair that Mrs B recently bought me and wearing my floppy sun hat that one of my daughters bought me for using when out and about painting.
Interestingly, I kept my sunglasses on and didn't wear my reading glasses for painting.
