Perth beach sketches December 2021 and January 2022
Perth beaches
City Beach Perth
City Beach Winter Sunset
The “golden hour” glow of winter sun at City Beach Perth yesterday, the sun officially set at 5.19pm. This sketch took around half an hour drawing and painting in my new (first page) “Seawhite of Brighton” sketchbook bought in Winchester in the UK during a pre-covid holiday. It seems very good paper, bright white with a “Not” finish gives enough texture to get the dry-brush effect that I wanted for the white water waves, the 200gsm thickness didn’t buckle or warp.
Waterbrush and 6 colours…Hansa yellow medium, Yellow ochre, Transparent pyrrol orange, Quinacridone lilac, Indanthrone blue, Phthalocyanine blue (green shade). I’m finding that I can mix almost any colour I need with just these 6 colours, this is my variation on Jane Blundell’s recommendations for limited palette. Check out Jane’s blog for ideas of a limited palette below…
https://janeblundellart.blogspot.com/2014/08/colour-exploration-4-bright-non.html
https://www.janeblundellart.com/sketchbook-pages.html
City Beach Perth – Winter Sun
Late afternoon sitting on City Beach in Perth, just before sunset (5.20pm) a golden light dances on the Indian Ocean before setting for the night…
City Beach winter’s day
A walk along South City Beach…a few surfers but no swimming – rips and dumping waves
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