Description

This painting is about the peace of looking out over the sea and seeing clouds in the distance.  They are so beautiful and calming.  This one includes a small rainstorm and you can watch the rain from a distance.

This is the first direct painting I did after teaching myself to do fully glazed paintings in the style of the Masters.  It was such a pleasure to paint directly again – so immediate and pure, but I found that adding a few glazes at the end added so much depth and volume.  I found I absolutely loved painting the sea too – the texture of the water was so fun to create.

(Direct painting is when you mix a color and paint it directly onto the canvas.  The paint is opaque and thicker, whereas when you paint with glazes the glaze is so thin it is transparent and the color gets built up slowly in layers.  Direct painting is quicker and immediate, which is a joy.  A fully glazed painting is painted first in black and white and then all the color is added via glazes.  The glazed paintings take a lot more time, but really complex color combinations can be achieved.  Here I’m playing with techniques – going back and forth as I find out what works for me in different scenarios.)