Thank you all!

Many thanks to all who availed themselves of my
special offer for my small paintings. I have now
got quite a depleted supply and will have to resume
painting the little beauties again soon!

Work in progress-Stage 2

It is the tones of the scene that are most

challenging. However, getting the color of the

sand that is not grey, not brown but a sort of

taupe has been interesting. I confess to using

Gamblin's medium Portland grey with raw umber.

That pretty much nailed it. Now for more work

on the water and perhaps another pass over the

pale sky, some details in the sand ripples and

it will be done! At this point, I consider it about

half done because the small stuff takes as long

as the overall big stuff.