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Aug 19, 2014
Media: Oil Sketch on Centurion Oil Primed Linen Panel
With additional coat of Rublev Lead Primer
Size: 5x7 in
Today was a quieter day and surprise, surprise, the
breeze is from the South or a change ... and lighter, but funnily enough still a
bit chill. I was tempted by several
spots to set up until I found this view.
It appeared that the morning's high tide had reached about here, but
this afternoon's high tide would be a bit lower, and as I suspected did not
reach as far as my set up. It seems that
at this time of the year, when the wind isn't blowing cold and hard from the
North then banks of fog play hide and seek with the coastal stacks and islands,
as is here depicted in the distance with Elephant Island. This Island or rock definitely does live up
to its name, as their seems to be a herd of the pachyderms embedded in the
rock; I see a frieze that continues around two sides of the island, and for all
I know continues on around the seaward side that I haven't been able to see. Of course the herd was not to be seen during
this painting session. Although there
was wan sunlight at the beginning, it soon was lost in the overcast, mush as
the offshore stacks and islands.
Venetian Red was the imprimatura,
and Yellow Ochre, Venetian Red, Cobalt Blue and Cremnitz White were the
pigments used, all by W & N.
Today was a quieter day and surprise, surprise, the
breeze is from the South or a change ... and lighter, but funnily enough still a
bit chill. I was tempted by several
spots to set up until I found this view.
It appeared that the morning's high tide had reached about here, but
this afternoon's high tide would be a bit lower, and as I suspected did not
reach as far as my set up. It seems that
at this time of the year, when the wind isn't blowing cold and hard from the
North then banks of fog play hide and seek with the coastal stacks and islands,
as is here depicted in the distance with Elephant Island. This Island or rock definitely does live up
to its name, as their seems to be a herd of the pachyderms embedded in the
rock; I see a frieze that continues around two sides of the island, and for all
I know continues on around the seaward side that I haven't been able to see. Of course the herd was not to be seen during
this painting session. Although there
was wan sunlight at the beginning, it soon was lost in the overcast, mush as
the offshore stacks and islands.
Venetian Red was the imprimatura,
and Yellow Ochre, Venetian Red, Cobalt Blue and Cremnitz White were the
pigments used, all by W & N.
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