Red Dawn sketch was a real thrill to paint & sketch. Dalkey has a lot going on, not only the village but the surrounding areas. If you look at my shop page to view the painting based on this sketch, you’ll see my transition. I do want to show more images of the progression of …
‘Evening Highlights’ Sketch was done for the Gouache painting on my shop page, it’s always a priority for me to sketch before a painting. Painting Evening Highlights was different – I normally paint daytime scenes. I wanted to try fr the first time an evening painting. I hope I’ve achieved this to some degree…I’m still …
‘The Blue Boat’ Sketch is from my shop page. A gouache painting of this scene from Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The sketch was a quick one, done on the spot..(on-site). The freezing conditions are always a constant nuisance for most artists – maybe I’m an exception to the rule… This drawing of ‘The Blue Boat’ Sketch …
‘Lazy Daze’: Sketch is based on my gouache study on my shop page. I just love the texture and feel of gouache. I’m an Irish artist with a passion and painting watercolours. It is a water-soluble medium between watercolour and acrylic paint. However, this is a watercolour sketch. Very basic and simple. I took lots …
Sea Surf Sketch for painting was done this week from Dillon Park, Dalkey. The views are naturally stunning. Dalkey Island could be clearly seen from my vantage point. I was sitting on an old bench drawing in the freezing cold conditions trying to achieve the best composition and visual aspect for a watercolour painting. Dalkey …
Sketch for ‘Boy Jamie‘. I always do preliminary drawings to plan the painting in advance. This gives me a pathway and guidance to start the painting with more confidence. The biggest obstacle was the water ripples as it was swirling in the light wind. The ripples and waves were coming from various directions, so I …
This was an extremely cold and dull moring in Sandycove Co. Dublin. It’s a nice little corner about 400 metres from Dun Laoghaire town. Famous of course for its forty-foot swimming/diving area at the back near the rocks. In fact, it got to the New York Times in 2017 as one of the ‘Top swimming …
This was a photo from last week at the lovely Sandycove inlet – Near Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The noticeable difference was the biting wind and cold air sketching. It was really hard to paint a watercolour sketch in this weather…other artists would disagree, maybe they would be correct! The particular area is behind the forty-foot …
This is the sketch for ‘Blue Day‘ in my ‘Shop page’. I thought you might like to see the work behind the scenes..so to speak. This is the basis to give me a general take on the scene. I always pre-plan a painting. The sketch is a mere starting point. My critical assets are my …
‘Seapoint with rough sea‘ – Sketch. This is the sketch for the previous post. It’s the preliminary sketch for the above title. I always try to do at least one sketch before I tackle a painting. Sketching is my ‘map’ for guidance and clarity on various elements of the final painting: tone, values and sometimes …
