The Sunday Art Show - Drawing Seagulls - En Plein Air

This week, I am down in Cornwall at Fistral beach when I notice a couple of seagulls have landed next to me. I quickly start on an en plein air, race against time as I sketch these birds with a combination of watercolour and acrylic. Filmed using a go pro style camera attached to my head, you can see what I saw at each stage of the drawing in this real time video.

The Sunday Art Show - More En Plein Air beach paintings

Sorry for the late-in-the-day post, been painting all day at the beach! This week’s episode continues from last week’s episode and features more en plein air beach paintings

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Painting - Standing in the sea

Had an amazing day at Dawlish Warren beach, painting en plein air the view across the water while standing in the sea. This was so enjoyable and relaxing, like having a 3 week holiday compressed into an afternoon! See the acrylic landscape / seascape painting come to life in real time! See the finished painting here

The Sunday Art Show - Herd of cows drawing tutorial - purple cows on a bag

Forgot to publish this last week! In this week's episode, I use mixed media to draw a herd of friesian cows. However, these are rather unusual in that I depict them with bright purple! Starting with a prussian blue acrylic paint marker, I do some loose gestural drawing to place the cows in the field, letting the lines freely wander to create a sense of movement and expression. Next, a mauve watercolour marker is used to block in the dark areas of each cow. Following this, a wet but clean flat brush is lightly dragged through the purple patches to create more subtle shadows and areas of texture. Finally, I preview the design on a tote bag.
Check out a hi resolution image here (click the pic after the link for hi res close up) https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/purple-friesian-holstein-cows-drawing-mike-jory.html
Check out the bag here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/purple-friesian-holstein-cows-drawing-mike-jory.html?product=weekender-totebag

The Sunday Art Show - English beach scene painting tutorial - real time video

This week, I take a visit to Sidmouth on the south coast of Devon, England and use the view to inspire an English beach scene panting tutorial. This real time video of how to paint a coastal scene uses a combination of watercolor marker pens and atelier interactive acrylics to create a vibrant Devon beach scene featuring red cliffs, purple and blue sea, wet sand and a few people walking along the beach. Finally, I show 3 different ways to frame the same painting. You can check out the 3 different versions here (click on the image for a high resolution close-up of the brushwork)
panoramic version:
square version:
tall and narrow version: