The irony of todays image is the lack of clutter.
Penbryn beach is a national trust owned coastline. It was the most empty beach I have ever been on, despite a full car park. The light in the image was bizarre in that the hills were really dark and I wanted to capture that against the light of the beach.
When I came to draw the image the beach had really filled out with 2 people walking along the shoreline. The beach itself was deceptive as there was a drop where the tide had gone out and the dry sand. It made it look like people had no legs as they walked.
There is some really great dry brush work in this little test piece. The best way to achieve dry brush is to move the brush as quickly over the surface of the paper, don’t push down on the hairs and use a lightly more pigmented mi of paint. I’ve heard this referred to as sticky paint in the past…I’ll explain. Paint that is not a wet wash, but more the consistency of paint straight from the tube.
Day 10 Complete.
