Building My Painting of Pelican Point

The complexity of the point demands detail.  If I leave out some elements or reduce their detail I am not telling the story of how  amazing this place is.  The rocks in the water and the waves pulling out.

The detail only continues as I try to fill the space with everything that I see around me.  There is no going back now just going forward.

I put in some of the highlights and put in the shadows.  The texture of the bluff and the contours of the sandstone had to be maintained.  Instead of blending I had to continue drawing in the detail.