Every so often I participate in an art weekend with a group of friends, discussing painting methods, things that have inspired us, sharing ideas, watching art films, etc., etc. A few weeks ago spent one of those wonderful weekend with friends who live at Pearl Beach, which is just north of Sydney, Australia.
My plein air (painted on site) paintings and sketches from that weekend, are shown below.
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| Pearl Beach, near Sydney Australia 12 x 10 inches (30 x 25cms) Oil on board |
It was a beautiful clear sunny day & we sat high on the rocks above, to paint this one. Evidently the name of the beach comes from the pearl shapes made by the waves in the wet sand.
The next day we descended to the beach where the light was quite different to yesterday, being quite dark and cloudy during the early morning.
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| Pearl Beach A couple of sketches using watercolour pencil on paper  Pearl Beach Headland A Oil on Canvas 12 x 10 inches (30 x 25cms) Four of our group will be attending the renowned Julian Merrow Smith's "Postcards from Provence" plein air workshop in the south of France next year, which will be a wonderful experience. |
