It looks like the Thomas B. Munroe preserve will be the first to get more than one painting. I just couldn't decide between two key landscape features on the trail: Ashburton Head or The Bishop. So, I'm going to paint both, but from very different perspectives.
Ashburton Head has a really interesting shape from the side, and you can actually see it all the way from Whale Cove while standing at the Meredith Houseworth preserve. I'll save the Bishop for a later post, but the first time I saw it I was looking down at it from the cliffs above. The first time I saw this side view of Ashburton Head was when we went on the field trip to Seven Days Work Cliffs in September. When the trail finally winds its way to the cobbly beach, this is what first struck my eye:
Ashburton Head has a really interesting shape from the side, and you can actually see it all the way from Whale Cove while standing at the Meredith Houseworth preserve. I'll save the Bishop for a later post, but the first time I saw it I was looking down at it from the cliffs above. The first time I saw this side view of Ashburton Head was when we went on the field trip to Seven Days Work Cliffs in September. When the trail finally winds its way to the cobbly beach, this is what first struck my eye:
I've been really enjoying these watercolour pencil studies and find that they are helping me to plan certain aspects of the colours and composition before diving into the final oil painting.
Below is Ashburton Head sketched out on a 24 x 48" canvas:
Below is Ashburton Head sketched out on a 24 x 48" canvas:
Here is the sky and the start of the water:
Next, I will begin painting the rocky features that make up Ashburton Head itself.
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