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San Sebastian, La Gomera, 15" x 11".
A gathering of people in the Plaza de la Constitucion on the Canarian Island of La Gomera. Basically repeating patterns of people, masts from the nearby marina and thick palm tree trunks. I decided to slice one of the trunks at the base with the highlighted dog lead. When there's a group of people in the frame here, I have to think of having them coming from all different directions and not all coming towards you like Michael Jackson's Thriller video.
South Stoke, Bath, 22" x 15"
A demonstration painting for the South Stoke Art Group. A nice view of the old Parish Church. It was an overcast day (even rained during the early stages when I took shelter under the lychgate) but I decided to brighten it up a bit with some light and shadows. This was one of the first paintings done on some very old 'T H Saunders' watercolour paper I have acquired. This old paper is quite creamy in colour and 'NOT' surface, so not so rough as I'm used to!
Newquay, Cornwall, 15" x 11"
The RNLI lifeboat station on Newquay Harbour. Newquay town sits high above the harbour, and there's a steep road leading down from the top. As regards the composition, I have some help with the sloping skyline mirroring the angle of the base of the buildings, and some handy yellow grid lines on the car park leading the eye in. I also try to balance the figures up here, so a larger scale couple on the left and a solitary smaller figure on the right, and all pointing in towards the centre.
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