Building a Sandcastle

A much lighter painting this time, with summery colours. This is my little boy digging in the sand, most of the other photos I use are very kindly given to me by a friend of mine. In a way this makes things easier for me to sell them because the ones featuring my own children are that much harder to part with!

The photo this painting was based on was taken on Tenby beach in West Wales.

Watching The Waves

The photo that this painting is based on was taken during the winter months and the weather conditions resulted in the wind whipping the waves up and contributing to the sparkle on the waves from the low angle of the sun. The figure was difficult to paint because he was practically a silhouette in the photo.

The acrylic paint used enabled me to create splashes and sparkes for the water which work really well.