“Bamburgh Castle At Ebb tide”

Style: Observed Realism

Plein‑Air Painting

Acrylic on Paper

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A lower view, we see rock platforms around us making shapes in the sand. Beyond is a wide beach and the castle sitting atop its dunes.
(Visual is approximate. See scale below)

Artwork Size

(Unframed)
Model is 5'4" (1.62m)

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    Painting “Bamburgh Castle at ebb tide”

    Plein‑Air Painting – Acrylic on Paper

    Bamburgh Beach, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK

    At Bamburgh Castle, when the tide ebbs, it reveals rock shelves and steps. These make bold compositions.

    There are rocks to the North of the castle at Bamburgh, and when the tide is low enough, they're found South of the fortification too. They form great platforms and steps with smooth surfaces on top.

    The wide and majestic beach is mostly rock free, as you'll know if you've visited Bamburgh.

    When the tide is at it's lowest, you can walk all the way to the fishing village of Seahouses, to the South, and back (Some 6 miles in total). I've not yet walked the whole way, because I've been too busy painting, or collecting other reference to use for making art back in my studio.

    I don't live near enough to be able to just pop‑out and check missing or wrong information in my sketches, sadly. So I have to make the most of any sketching/painting time I have when there.

    This scene was a challenging painting, because the wind was cold and strong. Hence it's a low viewpoint, as I tried to shrink out of the cold behind the rock platform face to the right. Painting outside can test your dedication sometimes.

    Along with the ebb and flow of the tides, you have have to set-up and draw or paint wherever and whenever the changing landscape allows. At high tide this spot is covered up by sea water. You can see the seaweed clinging to some of the rocks, or heaped up where it's become loose.

    I seem to spend a lot of my life checking tide times, and working out how long I have to make a painting or sketch. It's all part of why I do it of course – the ebb and the flow of the living landscape.