Here is today’s plein air oil in blustery weather, at Pegwell bay on the East Kent Coast. I have painted here many times, so chose to focus in on the sand dunes and path following the base of the cliffs. I tried to capture the energy in the wind. 1 1/2 hours approx.

Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting

Here is today’s plein air oil in blustery weather, at Pegwell bay on the East Kent Coast.
I have painted here many times, so chose to focus in on the sand dunes and path following the base of the cliffs.
I tried to capture the energy in the wind. 1 1/2 hours approx.

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June 3, 2025

← Composition thoughts…..thanks Louise for this video – it certainly made me realise that I never seem to pay much attention to this – I still have a lot to learn! With shapes in mind I had a stroll through the internet looking at paintings & stumbled across Nicolas de Stael. So, between you & NdS I was inspired to take several wanders around the garden & fields with sketch book breaking down the landscape into shapes. Here’s one of the many (Elliot’s blue tent in the olives), & it’s going to be interesting to see how this will seep consciously or subconsciously into my next paintings because it was fascinating & fun & helpful, although I don’t think I’ll make the shapes & colour quite so dramatic… Painting on aluminium sheet. Lots of fun. →

5 Comments

Julian Lovegrove on June 9, 2025 at 7:18 am

Thank you everyone. 🙏
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Julian Lovegrove on June 9, 2025 at 7:17 am

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Louise Balaam on June 8, 2025 at 8:46 pm

A very nice painting Julian, the colours are working very well and the foreground and distance are well handled in terms of colour and shape
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Karen Gunn on June 4, 2025 at 5:15 am

I love the colours
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Juli Fejer on June 3, 2025 at 5:01 pm

Really like this one has so much energy
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