Art of Taskin

                                             Lands End 60 x 50 cm oil on canvas                                                      © copy right protected  With a few minor changes and refinement, I have completed the Lands End painting. It was an interesting journey for me to create the impression of the rocks  and cliffs, which I only attempted once before. The painting below is the first attempt of rocks and cliffs and of Lands End as well, but of a different region in that locality. Lands End Beach (close-up view)  20 x 30 cm oil on canvas     © copy right protected  Here below is a painting of Devon beach  in England done in 2013.  I have grown to enjoy painting in oils because of the slow drying nature of the paints, ability to blend easily and also create texture and detail. Since I discovered oils, I have been fascinated by them and perhaps since I lived by the beach for a long time in Devon, Brighton and the South West England, I have continu

work in progress of Lands End Beach 60 x 50 oil on canvas                                                            © copyright protected  I started this painting two days ago from a reference photograph taken of Lands End Beach  ( southern most tip of England) in 2007  It is almost complete, just a little tweaking and refinement in places left.  Since I work in oils mostly it gives me enough time to develop the framework for the painting, under-painting and consequent development of form and final refinement. I tend to plan in advance the structure of the painting to get a good sense of direction for the piece .  See my later posts for some more detail on the step by step process I take through my landscape paintings.