Costa de Caparica Memories

[MurrayG]

Hi Folks, the weather is still wet and cold here. After moving my easel down to the living room in the warm, looking at the easel made me do something.
From a photo while walking along the beautiful Costa de Caparica beach in Portugal. Not quite true to life but I wanted to capture the sense of the cliffs behind the beach. Portugal was a fun place to visit, but its also where I got my dose of Covid that flattened me for a while. Anyways, here it is, 50x32 cm on MyTintes smooth side using mostly Sennelier and some Rembrandts (soft pastels). I think it's done, so I need to stop playing....

 

[Bartc]

The old "easel made me do it" excuse, huh?

 

[MurrayG]

Yeah, you got me. Good to get dusty fingers tho

 

[MurrayG]

The living room has a wood heater, warm. The top floor is a bit chilly in this crazy weather. Down stairs the easel looks at me as it stands in the fleeting sunshine.... Can't disappoint it.

 

[CaliAnn]

Lovely painting Murray

 

[MurrayG]

Lovely painting Murray

Thanks CaliAnn, appreciated. The area is quite stunning, a popular surf beach. The beach is actually quite wide in places but narrows further along. Ive taken licence to combine the cliffs and narrow beach to get a sense of the place. The pigface succulents on the beach were so colourful just then....

 

[jmfletch]

Beautifu. Love the way the cliffs draw the eyes to the horizon and then they walk back along the beach,

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks JM.

 

[Artyczar]

Extremely lovely.

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks Ayin. I really appreciate your input

 

[Terri]

Beautiful! You captured a lovely scene, and the textures in this one are wonderful.

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks Terri. I managed to stop before overworking i think

 

[Jo Castillo]

This is gorgeous. Such a welcoming design and beautiful colors. I need to put my easel where it calls me.

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks for that Jo. It's hard to ignore when it's right there I have a new sheet on the board already.