Good morning and winter seems to be everywhere; thankfully much of my work at present is based in sunnier climes! The Hebrew Galilee sculpture is coming along nicely, as you can see above.

The hardest part of this work was recreating the sand. The answer was messy, laborious and was roughly done the following way.

About two tea spoons of coral sand was ground to a fine point with a pistil and mortar, mixed with acrylic paint and pva glue. This was spread over the contoured paper base, then whilst wet, heated with a hot air gun to boiling point.  At which point an aerosol glue was used,and then the can was removed (fire risk) before continuing with the hot air gun and metal probes to shape it all. I hasten to add that the widows were open, a fan was blowing, a respirator was used and a jug of water was handy.

All messy and good fun, but if you try this, be careful; fire or fume inhalation are not a good idea. 

Work ongoing.

Met a pleasant young lady whilst painting the other day. She loved Durdel Door, sadly i think that my drawing of Durdle Door was a tad rough, maybe all the hot sun, heavy bag and climbing had something to do with it, so I have posted a sketch of Kimmeridge Bay (just along the coast) instead, it was done on the same day a little earlier in the morning.