Plein Air & Studio Painting: St Anthony Head Cornwall

This oil painting began life en plein air in Cornwall on a mild March morning this week. I headed for St Anthony-in-Meneage and painted the view across the bay towards St Anthony Head on the Roseland Peninsula.
I wanted a good view of Carrick Roads from the Lizard for my exhibition at Truro Museum this summer. I wasn't disappointed! It was an amazing morning painting outdoors and actually quite warm in the March sunshine!
After a couple of hours working on location, I headed back to the studio where I let the painting dry for a few days before completing in the studio at Krowji, Redruth.
I painted onto a 60cm x 40cm plywood panel using my regular palette of oil paints:
Titanium White, Cad Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Cad Red, Magenta, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Manganese Blue and Ivory Black. I also used turpentine and my homemade medium: turps, Stand oil, Damar Varnish.
For the studio session I used Winsor Red instead of Cadmium Red.
Thanks for watching - please don't forget to Subscribe to the channel.
All the best - Andrew

[@markl240]

A great painting
Thank you for posting it

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

My pleasure 😊 - Thank you for your support

[@thomasrobbins1171]

Your comment about taking chances was timely advice, Andrew. Thanks for another fine video.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Thomas

[@jancusters2450]

Half way looking the video and the superb tonalisme painting occurs. Wonderful! Love the blues...

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much Jan

[@carolinegilbert115]

Those blues, just beautiful

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thanks Caroline. This was a fantastic view to paint 🎨. I enjoyed it a lot

[@amycarverwest3682]

I love how you layered the water…amazing how different the colors looked in that dappled light versus in studio. Lovely overall, Andrew.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Amy

[@veronicabelly9497]

Hi Andrew, the passion that you use is Fantastic! And like always, the mix of colors are always a surprise for me.... 😁, now, I must have 😁manganese blu and rigger brush.... ☺️, thank Andrew... Have a good week whit your work... All the best to you🙋‍♀️

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much Veronica. Manganese is a good (and cheaper!) alternative to Cerulean blue. The rigger brush is a good one to have 😃

[@veronicabelly9497]

@@AndrewBarrowmanArt ok.... Thank you, Andrew.... 👍🙋‍♀️

[@christopherwalpole8605]

I thought at first a picture with mainly a huge expanse of sea would make for an uninteresting picture but,you proved me wrong.Very nice outcome.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

My thoughts exactly Christopher. If the sky had been more interesting (stormy) I would have lowered the horizon

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you 😊

[@jancusters2450]

Andrew, wonderful again. Great video. Very inspiring! Makes my sundays every time.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

That’s fantastic. Thank you Jan, glad you enjoyed it 😃

[@margaretsmilligan9393]

Very nice piece, well done and thank you for the video

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much Margaret

[@judithslawter372]

It is such a pretty painting Andrew and a beautiful view. You really captured the depth of the landscape.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much Judith. It took some thought but we got there

[@bobgoodnoe4583]

Fantastic blues. Great job, sir.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Bob

[@MarkSmith-eu3hf]

Nice one, especially the clouds

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Many thanks Mark - I love painting clouds

[@paulappswildlifeart]

It was an enjoyable watch chum, liked it a lot. appreciate the thought processes involved, cheers Paul

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Hi Paul. How are you doing? Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it. See you next time you’re down this way 👍🏻

[@paulappswildlifeart]

@@AndrewBarrowmanArt absolutely chum will look forward to it. stay well.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

You too Paul 👍🏻

[@AyuArtwork]

Wonderful artwork & fantastic view 😍❤
So much fun to watch your videos!

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your comments

[@keithhunter1749]

Nice one Andrew

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Keith

[@bettebelanger9490]

Very inspiring. Thank you

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it

[@raju.paintings]

Exellent art work... 🖌️🖌️🖌️🖌️🖌️

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much

[@louisewoodcox341]

Beautiful painting.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much Louise

[@tonycrawford7742]

good one.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you

[@sharronboxenbaum7392]

Beautiful

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much Sharron

[@michaelbuchanan3212]

Something about the very beginning with the horizontal line and your sky with the Indian red that I love... I know there is so much more, but the abstract quality is beautiful.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Michael. I wish I was brave enough to leave some of my paintings in their ‘unfinished’ state where I like the abstract quality in them. One day ….. 😃

[@jamesevans1079]

what an inspirational painting! made me rethink the way i paint seascapes.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much James. I like the high view point. I particularly liked the openness and the patterns of the currents in the water

[@jenniek4617]

What a beautiful day and beautiful painting! Your clouds are perfect I loved watching you paint those. Another fantastic job. Can’t wait to see the exhibition and hope you manage to get a catalogue printed as it would be a lovely thing to take home. Thanks for sharing

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you very much Jennie
I really enjoyed painting the clouds. The water provided some problems to overcome so the sky was a nice distraction 😃

[@charmcrumrine8750]

When I saw that plywood board with dark red tone I thought what a mess this is going to be. BUT, the plywood works well for deep water. Very nice painting!

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you. It’s not a colour I would normally start with but it’s good to experiment 😃

[@lynettesharp7728]

Beautiful! Amazing how layering the water colors made it so lively. You did a great job! Ps- I'm now using my rigger brush much more. It's very fun and makes great textures and it's very freeing as well. Thanks Andrew for another truly lovely painting! You're a great inspiration!

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you so much Lynette. I love layering the paint. That’s why I like to take the plein air work back to the studio and put more paint on when dry (quite often) 😃

[@joerainbow4173]

Right on my doorstep there :) I like the 'rag' you cleaned your brush with in the studio, I recognised where that came from immediately! Lovely work again Andrew.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thank you Joe. Those shirts make great oil painting rags 😃

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

My old Royal Mail shirts were good too but I’ve used them up

[@PleinAirAdventureswithTezDower]

Great atmosphere with good tone differences Andrew. Happy painting 🎨👍

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Hi Tez. Thank you mate 😃

[@PleinAirAdventureswithTezDower]

@@AndrewBarrowmanArt 🎨👍

[@jimreid9674]

Nice treatment of the sea, so bloooo.
That tiny bit of land jutting in from the left design wise is a mistake.
It should either not be there, which would make the pic even less interesting, so I guess you should have used artistic licence and made it longer and deeper.

[@AndrewBarrowmanArt]

Thanks for your comments Jim. Too blue for me really but it was the dominant colour/ feeling of the morning. You have a good point about the little spit of land. A painting is never finished really is it? I may alter things as I look at it over the next few weeks 👍🏻