I came back again...or room with a seaview!

"Out to Sea Again" Original watercolour by Glenn Marshall.

I was looking at some photographs of old paintings I have done, and came across one entitled 'Out to Sea'. It was a 30" x 20" watercolour that I had painted several years ago during my Gallery Forty-Nine days. We were staying at Flamborough Head for a few days. It had been a bit hectic to say the least. For the first two days my mum stayed with us, then I took her home and picked up Sarah and the girls for two days before we finally had the place to ourselves to finish off the week. After all the excitement we needed a rest so we spent time happily exploring this lovely part of the East Coast of Yorkshire. I remember how struck I was by this scene. The path leads right to the sea and beyond with signs and fence posts framing the whole thing....I thought it had great depth and wanted to paint it. 
Happily the original painting sold fairly quickly so the week was paid for! Here it is:

As I only had a low resolution photo of it, I decided to go back and  paint it again. After all, I still like the composition and I thought it would be interesting to compare now with then- 2006. You will have to make up your own mind which you prefer!
The first one was more exciting... the scene was fresher and I had the challenge of working out how to put onto paper what I was seeing in my head. But the new one just flowed, as I have a lot more experience of controlling the effects I want nowadays. I still  have the same paints (Windsor & Newton) and paper (Saunders Waterford 140lbs CP) so the colours and 'look' are very similiar, though Merice says the recent one is more 'painterly'. I agree with her....it's usually best to! Anyway I have framed the painting and it is now hanging in our bedroom, so I can  truthfully say  "we can see the sea from our bedroom"!