Back to zoom with a stormy surf painting to try out, & again the faithful zoomers were tuning in from Australia, London, Villecroze & Cotignac, with me in Sillans.

As ever I had painted my own copy in advance so was able to concentrate on helping, rather than painting, & got everyone started with mixing some moody, dark greys with either a direct grey, or a mélange of dark blues/reds- think the latter gives more depth & strength. Again to be swept across the already wet’ish clean, white paper, it is quite dramatic & a change from the Provençal blue skies comme d’habitude. I had suggested at least pencilling in the vague shapes of rocks, small island projectories, so that you can get an idea of where the sky ends & the stormy sea begins, although quite a few, including me made our seas a more tranquil blue’ish shade.

As soon as the sky is settled in with judicious dabs of kitchen paper, or rolling the brush to create some clouds, then you can create some dramatic white surf, again with firm pressing down of the paper against the grey sky, which should result in some clear white paper in a rolling surf shape!

Let that all dry while you enjoy making some wave shapes in the foreground water/sea- just wafting the end of a flat brush in vague, broken, horizontal lines to indicate movement & fading down to an almost sandy colour as you get to the bottom of the page……

Now it is time for the russet/sand colours for the rocks & inlets which you can dab away to get textures, & as before just play around with random ‘rock’ shapes with a thin, darker line edged with plain water to diffuse the colour until you are happy that they look like some kind of rock formation, & you’re nearly done. Just try & make sure that your rocks, inlets, sink into the water by running a thin line of water under the base so that they all merge….…nice!