Seascape 2/2

Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Jetty - 2017

Breezy Point, New York, on the Atlantic Ocean. A gift to Anna Palaski and Ed Miller to celebrate their wedding, September 16th, 2017. ...

Pastel Painting: Sunrise Surf at Breezy Point

A warm summer morning around 7:30 at Breezy Point. The sun was peeking through the clouds; sun rays stretched to the surface of the...

Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Bayside

Here's a more impressionistic pastel painting on the bayside at Breezy Point, New York. I decided to take an overcast day and instead...

Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Dunes

Sunny day at Breezy Point, New York. Soft pastel on sanded paper; 8x10. See the previous post on the acrylic underpainting....

Pastel Painting: On the Bay at Breezy Point

Although today's weather will be sunny an 90, it has been a bit cloudy (and rainy) at Breezy Point. This scene is on the bay side,...

Pastel Painting: Breezy Point Surf

On the beach at Breezy Point. Soft Pastel on Uart sanded paper; 9x12.

Pastel Technique: High Values at the Beach

A beach and its dunes on a sunny day convey the highest values (aka lightness) in color. I chose an acrylic underpainting to bring out...

Plein Air at the Beach

Here's a quick underpainting done with a bristle brush, pastel and alcohol. Got the basic values and colors of this beach scene at...

Life's a Beach! Plein Air at its best!

In August I will be at Breezy Point, New York, painting new "beach-scapes!" Here is a painting I did back in 2008 of the jetty and...