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Nov 12, 2015
Media: Oil Sketch on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
Size: 5x7 in
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As indicated in my previous couple of postings, I did
get down to the coast to deliver & pick up paintings to & from various
galleries, and managed, in spite of the storms, to apply brush to panel, and
pencil & chalk to several sketchbook leafs.
The first day upon arriving in the Bandon area I spent the day pottering
about the Devil's Kitchen (I told you the Devil had a lot of Oregon real
estate), drawing in my sketchbook and taking reference photographs. The next day I worked on the above image,
glad to be painting on the spot again. The
weather reports were for rain and wind, and so it proved, as while working on
this one the winds began to rise, and by evening the rain was coming in. This is the way it was for the several days I
was down on the coast. Although I did
not paint as much as I had planned, I was able to take advantage of the stormy conditions
take a lot of reference photos of the Bandon coast with heavy seas pounding the
cliffs and sea-stacks, dodging squalls and showers while doing so; all grist
for future work. I have a quantity of
reference photos in my image library of this coast, but none with such heavy Autumn
weather. There were some sets of waves
rolling in that were 20 feet high. My
estimate of wave heighth was derived as follows: standing on a low cliff about 15
feet above the water level, thus my eye level being about 51/2 feet higher, thus totaling
roughly 20 feet above the water level, any wave that breaks the line of the
horizon (which is equivalent to your eye level), will be that high ... namely
about 20 feet. If I had been standing on
the shore with my toes in the water, those highest waves would have obliterated
my view of the horizon line, and my estimates would have been guessed-imates,
but of course the oncoming waves would have been impressive to see ... and of
course they were when I was down on near the waterline. This one reason I do miss living on the
Cornish Coast where I could experience the storms many times a Winter's season. I do not miss my automobiles rapidly rusting
away, however. I have been at China
Creek before, but because there are no impressive rocks and sea-stacks for the
waves to crash upon, as there are at most of the other parts of the Bandon
beaches to the north of from here, I have not painted here before. But this day the light on the dunes first grabbed
my attention, and the deteriorating weather blowing the gulls around, as I
painted, suggested the title for the sketch ... I placed only one gull being
blown before the approaching storm ... I may add another, but perhaps not, as
just the one should be enough to suggest a solitary walk on a windswept shore. Imprimatura: Venetian Red.Drawing: Cobalt Blue. The
Pigments used were: Rublev Blue Ridge
Yellow Ochre, Flemish Lead White; Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue, Venetian
Red, and a minimal amount of Titanium White.
For more, visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
As indicated in my previous couple of postings, I did
get down to the coast to deliver & pick up paintings to & from various
galleries, and managed, in spite of the storms, to apply brush to panel, and
pencil & chalk to several sketchbook leafs.
The first day upon arriving in the Bandon area I spent the day pottering
about the Devil's Kitchen (I told you the Devil had a lot of Oregon real
estate), drawing in my sketchbook and taking reference photographs. The next day I worked on the above image,
glad to be painting on the spot again. The
weather reports were for rain and wind, and so it proved, as while working on
this one the winds began to rise, and by evening the rain was coming in. This is the way it was for the several days I
was down on the coast. Although I did
not paint as much as I had planned, I was able to take advantage of the stormy conditions
take a lot of reference photos of the Bandon coast with heavy seas pounding the
cliffs and sea-stacks, dodging squalls and showers while doing so; all grist
for future work. I have a quantity of
reference photos in my image library of this coast, but none with such heavy Autumn
weather. There were some sets of waves
rolling in that were 20 feet high. My
estimate of wave heighth was derived as follows: standing on a low cliff about 15
feet above the water level, thus my eye level being about 51/2 feet higher, thus totaling
roughly 20 feet above the water level, any wave that breaks the line of the
horizon (which is equivalent to your eye level), will be that high ... namely
about 20 feet. If I had been standing on
the shore with my toes in the water, those highest waves would have obliterated
my view of the horizon line, and my estimates would have been guessed-imates,
but of course the oncoming waves would have been impressive to see ... and of
course they were when I was down on near the waterline. This one reason I do miss living on the
Cornish Coast where I could experience the storms many times a Winter's season. I do not miss my automobiles rapidly rusting
away, however. I have been at China
Creek before, but because there are no impressive rocks and sea-stacks for the
waves to crash upon, as there are at most of the other parts of the Bandon
beaches to the north of from here, I have not painted here before. But this day the light on the dunes first grabbed
my attention, and the deteriorating weather blowing the gulls around, as I
painted, suggested the title for the sketch ... I placed only one gull being
blown before the approaching storm ... I may add another, but perhaps not, as
just the one should be enough to suggest a solitary walk on a windswept shore. Imprimatura: Venetian Red.Drawing: Cobalt Blue. The
Pigments used were: Rublev Blue Ridge
Yellow Ochre, Flemish Lead White; Winsor & Newton Cobalt Blue, Venetian
Red, and a minimal amount of Titanium White.
For more, visit www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com.
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