On 3/1/14 I was at Dunwich sketching the movement of waves. I sat on the sand sketching using paper and pencil trying to capture the movements of the very high, wavy sea. I am disappointed with the results but will be returning to try again – using colour too. I am going to start painting outside more now as my art is about something that I see initially and then develop using colour, shape and texture to capture my perceptions of the experience. I then find I am able to evolve more work in the studio.
I kind of agree with Peter Lanyon’s statement “I do not start with the idea but with the experience” (quoted in Causey, P. (2006) Peter Lanyon: Modernism and the Land (Essays in Art and Culture), Reaktion Books.
