Michael McGuire Art

I started working on a new painting this morning. This is a smaller painting than my recent ones (14" x 18") and is based on photos I took on Baginbun Head, Wexford last summer. I also have a plein air sketch which will help me with colour selection. I was particularly taken by this rocky outcrop and the trodden pathway which just leads to the cliff edge, but what really caught my eye was the colour contrast between the shadow and sunlit sides of the main rock. Here is my initial block-in establishing the composition and light and shadow masses.

 


And here are a couple of reference photos:-