I was glad to get back into the studio and back to my thumbnails today. Trying to keep the momentum going. Basically it's more of the same, so not very exciting. I've decided it is a good idea to 'warm up' by doing a charcoal study, so I had a go at yet another version of Lochcarron View.
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| Emerging Slumbay View With Trees copyright Aileen Grant |
I do think this view of Slumbay has potential, but I'm just not sure where to place the trees. So as I progressed with it, I added some extra trees in. So by the time I finished, it looked like this.
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| Slumbay View With Trees copyright Aileen Grant |
I don't think this picture works. I think the composition is too jumbled with the extra trees. The question is - would it work in colour?. Is it worth trying? Not sure. What I do like is the curve of the shore. It's got a nice dynamic, a nice feeling of movement. So I may revisit it in a different version.
After this, I did another colour study using oils. I wanted to have a go at the one of the blue blue sea. It turned out like this.
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| Shingle Spit and Blue Sea (small study) Copyright Aileen Grant |
This turned out better than I thought. I think it benefits from a resticted palette. And I like the dark shoreline. My biggest decision was where to position the white boat. I gave this a lot of thought, but I don't think it is in quite the right position yet. Ah well, for another day.
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