Mountain Landscapes
Here be Pterodactylus - Clogwen Pen Llechen and the Teryn Slab - With Lliwedd in cloud
Painted from a photo taken Nov 2011. The sun was shining and the clouds that were sitting around the slopes were fluffy and white. Clogwyn Pen Llechen and the Teyrn Slab that you see on the approach looked like the haunt of Pterodactylus in the early morning light. And there was not a soul about to spoil the tranquillity of the moment.
The painting was done as an exercise in "Why paint in Gouache" that came out of a request from Standish Art Group for me to do a demonstration for them in Gouache. I decided this scene favoured Gouache over all mediums and so formed the basis for the demo. It would look pretty wicked in oils though - Watch this space :-)
Ref: 11x15" - Gouache
Date: 19/09/2012
Location: Miners Path - Pen - Y - Pass - Snowdon