Plein Air Coastal Painting

This was painted both on location and in my studio with a good deal of studio editing.  The weather at the beach this day was high surf and strong winds.  I hadn't been out doing plein air in a long time and was not dressed warmly enough or had enough protection from the pelting sand.  When loading up to leave the canvas got blown into me and had already accumulated some sand into the paint.  The video shows how the painting changed from arriving indoors.  Ideally most of the questions would have been answered on site as the approaching sunset changed the lighting considerably and could not be captured in the photo I took.  This was a good learning experience!