Oil Painting by Chris Hobel Daily Painter, Sunshine Beach Australia

Stage 2 Here Ive added a turpsy wash of transparent red oxide as an underpainting for the sand and allowed it to dry

I  spent the morning delivering 10 painting to my new gallery outlet at Kenilworth Art Space located in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast.It is a really lovely little town with another gallery as well as the famous Kenilworth Cheese factory and some quaint coffee shops

Oil Painting by Chris Hobel Daily Painter, Sunshine Beach Australia

Close up of   Stage 1
The distant headland  is painted  lighter and cooler  than the closer hill using White plus cobalt and  a little rose madder highlighted  trees by a grey green made with  the additon of Yellow Ocre  to the mixture creating atmosperic perspective. The haziness of the moisture particles created by the breaking waves is shown  by the mistiness in the distance

Oil Painting by Chris Hobel Daily Painter, Sunshine Beach Australia

Step by Step Oil  Painting
Sunshine Beach is a popular surfing beach and great to walk on .The surf was pretty rough the day this photo was taken. Taken in the early morning, the light is very bright and intense. I painted in a rough outline  with cobalt  thinned with gum turps. I then worked on the sky, allowed it to dry and did the background headland. I off to main Beach to cool off,
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All My paintings on Etsy are currently on sale until New Year.
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