Holkham Bay

Holkham Bay - student project

I painted my own holiday picture - this was taken emerging from the pinewoods into the sand dunes of Holkham Bay (Norfolk, UK). 

Here is my painting and reference side by side:

Holkham Bay - image 1 - student project

I’ve tried to paint from references before, but never from one of my own photos, and I’m really pleased with how this came out. Interestingly my colours are more muted than the reference - whereas when I paint with deeper colour values, I always feel my paintings look “unnatural”!