A Painting of Squeaky Beach

It's been a quiet month here on the blog (happy 2019 by the way), because it's been a busy month for me: my entire family came to Melbourne to visit for two weeks, and I've been back and forth over quite a lot of Victoria during that time! I've got a lot of pictures (and some videos) that will take some time to sort through, which should mean content for a whole series of posts in the weeks to come.

I'll just put this one up for now, a picture of a painting I was inspired to make of Squeaky Beach at Wilsons Promontory, a peninsula at the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland:

“Squeaky Beach” (Named for the sound the sand makes. A late Christmas gift for my sister and brother-in-law.)

It was a pretty neat beach, but I'll probably discuss it more later, so for now, just admire that ocean! I'm pleasantly surprised at just how well it came out, how dynamic it appears. I used a number of different shades of blue, blue-green, and even purple to try to help capture that continuously varied color the sea has. Also I think the seagulls—of which there were many at the beach—came out pretty cute, too (if such a thing can be said of seagulls).

I really enjoy watching the waves crash against the beach and trying to capture that makes for a fascinating painting challenge, so I can definitely see myself coming back to such scenes in the future. Anyway, that's enough for now, as tomorrow it's back to grad student life! A hui hou!