'Wellington Coast', Seascape - Painting Process Photos and Final Art Work

I painted this in 2015 and is a seascape scene inspired by the coast of Wellington, New Zealand. I paint this art work in oils. 

I will show you the process of how I created this painting.

I start my painting by preparing my canvas with a thin layer of burnt sienna, this helps with tone and warms up the painting.

I start by blocking in the sky.

I use desaturated colour for the distant headland, this will help to establish a depth dynamic within the painting.

When blocking in the painting I try not to get too bogged down in detail.

Once the blocking in process is complete I start modelling the paint and building up the detail.

I save my tonal best for last.

Wellington Coast, 8" x 12", oil on canvas.

I hope you liked this post, I have more art on my website: samuelearp.com