Steps I Take.

Below are the steps I take in painting a sunset.🌞
This painting's full process can be found in the 'Sunset at the Beach' course, and the...

Depth & Darks.

The further out the more the values come together.

(Or) To say in other words, 'the lesser' the contrasts get. Whether it's water vapou...

Drawers in a cabinet.

I think an outdoor painter has specific fascinations, these are probably personal and connected to the painter's surroundings, ...

'The Blue Problem'

It's fun to develop. Seeing my work from years ago compared to now: (for example) you can see I found my solutions to the 'blue pr...

An endless Summer.

During these weeks and subject you can't get enough of it and you do think it will all last and last. But it never does :) So I on...

Will it be red?

Often you'll visit the beach to paint the sunset and you really start too early.
When the sun sets in red (and of course, it isn't re...

A view higher up.

These weeks would feel so great. I am always most happy having a 'project' for myself: a fixed place where to paint and what to pai...

Colorful Chaos.

A school-week, workweek, but at the beach there are always tourists or people enjoying leisure time.

I can stand pretty far away and...

Views.

I'm more comfortable to 'just paint a view' instead of 'just two people under a parasol' because of the 'intrusion'. (See next post.)

This wa...

'Prying Eyes'

We had clear blue skies in June and that's often the start of 'beach scenes' with parasols and 'bikini people' for me.

Here I'm lookin...