This small painting served as a colour study for a large canvas painting. Whilst it's a painting in its own right, they are very useful for knowing the road ahead.

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'Cook Strait', 8" x 10", oil on wooden panel.

This painting was the prelude to my recent canvas painting 'Cook Strait' as seen in the speeded up video below.

It was very helpful to refer to the small painting whilst painting the final piece as seen below. As you can see I made a lot of changes in the end to the final painting but the composition is much the same.

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If you like these paintings and want to learn more, check out my website: Samuel Earp Artist

'Cook Strait' small painting - prelude to a larger artwork