Blue Shoot II

When Stephen plans a painting, he likes to sit at his desk with his sketch book and photos, and focus on the elements he finds interesting before turning his hand to a quick sketch. He then loosely transfers this sketch directly onto canvas using graphite.

He then paints in the outlines of the key elements and captures the sea's emotion. He enjoys working in acrylic as it allows Stephen to work quickly and build up layers, which create depth of colour and a range of textures from very thin-washed to impasto where the paint appears to come out of the canvas.