This painting was done from high atop a castle on top of a mountain in Alicante Spainwhich is on the Mediterranean coast just south of Barcelona. The walk up to the castle was very beautiful, and I remember a cyclist who was peddling up the really steep hill, only to ride all the way back down, turn around, and do it again. It was tiring enough just walking never mind riding up and down in the 35 celcius heat. I was sitting on top of one of the walls, looking down onto the beach.
To make the perspective work
I included the little 'ant' sized people on the beach, you can see some walking, others lying down. If you look really close you can see the details of their jewelry, clothing, eye colours etc. OK, I was just joking about the details. The colour of the water was this amazing teal green with cool blue, I achieved this in the painting by starting with a lighter green and overlaying the blue (french ultramarine).
Playa del postiguet (from castle), watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 1998 (No. 0895)
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