Dorset Coast 2

This painting is based on St Oswald's Bay near Lulworth Cove, Dorset. There is a steep path leading down to it, but I preferred to stay at the top of the cliff and admire it from a distance.

Apart from masking out for the waves near the beach, I achieved all the other effects just using the brush (lifting out, wet-in-wet and splitting the brush hairs for texture on the rocks). Watercolour lends itself to a simple approach.

Dorset Coastline

This is a view of Old Harry's Rocks in Dorset. The closest I got to it was Studland Beach, a beautiful sandy beach maintained by the National Trust. The whithe chalk cliffs of Old Harry's Rock are one of those iconic views of Britain.

Moored Boat

sailing boat watercolour

This is another boat I took a picture of during my trip to Blakeney. I tend to use my photos for reference only and hardly ever use them without changing the composition. For this one I cropped a lot of the photo and zoomed in on the boat.