Rocks at St-Tropez

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Beautiful colours, definitely transports the viewer to the place - I wish!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Tue 13 May 16:55:12

I love your expertise in depicting the transparency of the water.

Posted by Jillie Usher on Sun 01 Jun 19:14:23

Thank you for your kind comments. As I was using acrylic it was relatively easy to capture the transparency of the water by painting the underwater rocks first and then glazing over them with various transparent blues including pthalo and indanthrene for the darker shades. I then painted the lacy foam, and this was probably the most difficult bit.

Posted by Colin Cripps on Mon 02 Jun 11:09:45

Amazing work. I like the colours you have used in this work. Water shines so well with these rocks! Amazing. My best compliments!

Posted by Oleksandr Bodnar on Tue 03 Jun 10:35:44

gorgeous!

Posted by Gill Bustamante on Mon 16 Jun 19:38:57

I love the use of colour.

Posted by Mike Griffiths on Wed 18 Jun 21:35:13

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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Here is a recent painting of the Mediterranean lapping rocks just outside St Tropez, inspired by a photo I took on a painting holiday a few years ago. It is on a panel measuring 30x40cm.

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Colin Cripps

I have been keen on painting and drawing for as long as I can remember, and started to study art seriously at the age of 14 in the early Sixties with local artist Dora Leaman. I had hoped to go to art school, but for various reasons this was not possible and I lost interest for a while until the…

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