As views from beer gardens go, this one's an absolute cracker. My favourite however, has to be the panoramic view of St Ives Bay from the Bluff Inn at Hayle in Cornwall.
Off to Bodmin and Newquay next week. Hope to capture some nice scenes with the pochade box. Still getting used to the smaller 8" x 6" format but I think I'll get the hang of it eventually. Rained all day last time we were in Newquay so hoping for some better weather, though I've heard the forecast isn't brilliant. Mind you, it never seems to put the surfers off, however cold it gets.
Possibility of snow today. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! All paintings for sale at http://www.stevencronin.com
7 comments:
Nice one Steven. I've been to Loch Goil and that's how I remember it.
Hope you get on well with the pochade paintings. I was also going to suggest that you try doing some pencil sketches. I do that quite a lot, with some written notes on colour, and I find that I can easily paint from them later.
Hi Keith, I’ve read of many artists who sketch on location and use these as a source for studio paintings. Personally I’ve always used a camera. Please excuse my ignorance, but would you say it’s more beneficial to paint from sketches rather than photos? It just seems so much quicker and easier to use a camera.
I always paint from sketches done on location, or even from a photo that I would like to paint from. It helps me to get to see the view and to make the necessary changes I need to make. It is surprising how many wee thumbnail sketches you can make from a scene and this will produce many new paintings.
Lovely painting Steven.
Hello Steven. Yes I do think sketches are better. That's not to say that there is anything wrong with using photographs, as long as you are aware that they don't always record a true impression of the subject - I'm sure you have been disappointed with your photos sometimes and wondered why you took them.
When you sketch you spend much longer studying the subject and thinking about tonal values and colours. Somehow that becomes fixed in your mind and can be recalled long afterwards. It's this developing of visual memory that I think is one of the great benefits of sketching. I use photographs when I don't have the time for sketching, but like Caroline, above, I often make quick sketches from them before I do a painting.
In your case I was also wondering whether sketching would be a way of getting into working outdoors. You could work easily without attracting so much attention, but you would be getting some of the benefits of being in front of the subject.
Steven,
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Thanks Caroline and Keith for your comments. It seems sketching can be most beneficial before painting. I'll give it a go and see how I get on. Cheers.
Thanks Delilah for your kind words.
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