It was a windy day but surprisingly the sea was flat. I took shelter by the coast guard building from the wind and started to paint, I put the cliff in the picture to add balance, contrast and perspective. The cliff could look like a big black mass but by keeping some cool colour in the cliff shadows gives it more interest. This painting is available at Davidson Fine Art Totnes
- 3 Reasons not to paint from a photo
- The camera distorts the proportions and perspective
- Colours are not real to life, eg no colours in shadows
- Tonal values are not accurate
Photographs can never tell you the full story of a landscape but they are good for reference. Most artists use photos in some capacity when they work, whether to jog their memory of a particular place and time or to record details.
