2nd Stage In Painting an Ocean Wave with a Sandy Beach in Oil Paint

At this stage in the seascape oil painting of an ocean wave and a sandy beach, I have completed the initial block-in of the ocean wave and the beach. Basically I have covered the canvas with paint. I am trying to follow my pencil sketch except I am using color. Below the pencil sketch shows the placement of everything in the painting and it also shows the values. The 2nd stage does not have any detail but I try to put as much of the colors in that I anticipate using in later stages of this oil painting seascape. Also I can see areas at this stage where I need to change the values. I will continue working this weekend on the beach painting so check back next week to see how it progresses.

Cape Cod Light Watercolor With Seashell Display Stand

Cape Cod Light Watercolor on Seashell Display

Original watercolor ready to display on your table for a unique beach cottage look. Cape Cod's Highland Light watercolor suspended over a base of real seashells. A great way to display this original seascape painting.

Cape Cod's Highland Lighthouse Original Watercolor

This is a closeup of the 5" by 7" watercolor of the Highland Light. Paintings slide in the wire holder easily so they can be changed to a new painting at any time. Approximate height 16 inches. Any painting can be ordered of your favorite scene or vacation spot.

Closeup of Seashell Display Stand

The base is made of real seashells complemented with white beads as you can see in this closeup view of the display base. These are priced at $65. and makes a great gift. To order go to beachcottageart.com for purchasing and shipping info.

PJ Cook Hand Painted Furniture - Perfect For Your Beach House

My work is now being offered online at Outer Banks Trading Group www.obxtradingroup.com. This website has everything for your coastal home decor. They are offering my hand painted furniture and soon will be offering my wall art of seascapes and other beach house decor.

The Outer Banks Trading Group also has a blog where my work was recently featured, that article can be found here by following this link obxtradingroup.blogspot.com

Photographs that display my Paintings in a Room Setting - what do you think?

I have been working on photographs that display my paintings in a room setting. This is for display purposes only, the painting may not be to scale. But I think it shows a viewer how a painting may look up on a wall in a room that is all decorated. I may include these types of views on my website www.pjcookartist.com for displaying different paintings in various rooms. What do you think? Is this something that helps you see how a painting could look in your house?
Thanks, PJ Cook

Blue Seascape Oil Painting - final steps

My blue seascape oil painting is almost finished. I have not kept track of the total time spent on this painting because I work on other projects at the same time. But I have spent considerable time working on the detail in the water. The swirling water and foam in the bottom half of the canvas has taken the most time.

While working on the rocks in the foreground I paint cool color on the top surface that reflect from the sky along with local color. The water on the rocks also reflects the sky color. I have more detail to do on the rocks and finishing up the foreground water. It is important to step back often and look at your painting from a distance. Most paintings are viewed from several feet back not 1 foot away where the artist is working.

Hand Painted Seashell Mirror

I have just finished painting this 10" x 10" mirror with seashells and whitewash wood grain effect. That is the sky reflected in the mirror in the center. I painted this with acrylic paint and I put a clear matte varnish over the top of the painting. I'm painting another mirror now with piping plover birds on the wood grain. I love those little beach birds they are so cute. Bye for now, PJ

Seascape Painting - Second Step Is a Color Sketch

I painted a quick color sketch in oil on canvas textured paper. I worked small maybe 10" x 12" and used just a few colors, cerulean blue, burnt umber and white. I want to portray movement or action for the wave. There is contrasting value in the curl of the wave where inside the wave it is in shadow and the wave breaking next to that is white spray. There is not much detail in this quick painting, it's purpose is to give me an idea for the color I will be using for the painting.
My next step will be starting the painting on the canvas.

Handpainted Decorative Bar Stools

I have been painting 2 bar stools that would look great in a nautical or beach decor setting. The photos shown here are from my work table as the tops were drying. On the top surface of the first bar stool is a painting of 2 adirondack chairs on a dock overlooking the water. The bar stool legs are painted to look like driftwood with a whitewash wood grain effect. I have been using acrylic paint for the scene because it is so durable. I applied a thick clear finish on the top surface of the stool so it is extremely durable and it looks great with the thick glossy finish.

My painting on the second bar stool is of a beach path with roses. The sky and sea are a bright pretty blue. There is an inviting beach chair on the beach.

These sturdy wood stools are 30" tall and would make a great addition to any beach cottage decor. I will be painting more bar stools with new scenes to go with these first two. Please contact me for more info on the bar stools or for purchasing information .
Thanks,
P.J. Cook
email - pj@pjcookartist.com