Hello all,

A small summer scene from our summer holiday in Cornwall, and my first original contribution to the forum. My wife and I walked the coast path from Penzance to Falmouth over a period of 7 days (highly recommended). A mile or so before entering Coverack, we took a wrong turn and ended up in a beautiful sculpture park, where we came upon this other "couple". Felt a bit like we had been frozen in time! The sculptures were made by the late Terence Coventry, who passed in 2017.

Seemingly quite a simple scene, but I struggled a lot with it, especially the grasses and foliage. I almost found the sculpture the easiest bit! Played around with masking fluid and tried to scrape out some highlights after I was finished with it. The colour palette is simple, only ultramarine, raw/burnt umber, raw/burnt sienna and hooker's green, maybe some yellow ochre in there as well. The main goal for this painting was just to try out different techniques I've come upon in tutorials, in books etc, and a pleasant summer memory as my subject. (Saunders Waterford block, cold press, 12"x9")

Pleased with the whispy clouds in the sky, but I'm still way too heavy handed, too generous with the paint, in general. Ah, well. Would love to hear your comments. I can take any kind! :)

(Reference photo below - not quite sure if that's a copyright breach because of the sculptures. Let me know, and I'll remove it asap.)