Waves Breaking on Perranuthnoe Beach, Cornwall by Amanda Bates

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Great powerful thunderous looking sky that only oil paints can truly capture and lovely poundings waves as well

First of all, forgive the photograph; it was taken under artificial light. I still haven't seen this painting in daylight. I painted this on a linen canvas that had been prepared with a transparent gesso. You can see the natural colour of the linen. It seemed a shame not to do something with this fact, so I deliberately skimmed the paint so that there were areas where the canvas is still visible. At the bottom of the painting, the canvas' brown surface is the sand; at the top, it is a reminder of the painting as object. I used a different palette for this, too; two earth colours (Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna), two blues (Ultramarine and Phthalo Blue), and Titanium White. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm