14th Oil Painting

So as you might notice formatting in this blog is STUPID.. doesn't do what I want it to..

Ok well this painting hmm where do I start? This was the first painting(Landscape) I have done since 2008 (this was just a few weeks ago Feb 2012) I have been wanting to do a Seascape but it looked so hard to do. I first painted the bottom half with black gesso then after it dried I painted the top half (Background) with red and yellow acrylics. Pretty interesting so far. People said Oh that's cool looking are ya done with it? My reply was I haven't even begun haha..

Here is a quick pict. of where the magic happens, I mean where i paint :)
Blow is the finished picture. I was not too happy with the clouds. I still need quite a bit of practice before I can say yeah I know what I am doing. Overall I felt pretty good for my first seascape :)

I think the craziest thing was that the same very night I went to sleep I had a dream about my Grandpa Joe Alcala. funny how doing something triggers your self conscious. I must say that I do still miss my Grandpa and think about him every time I paint..
Hope you enjoy and I make yyou proud Grandpa :) Love ya!!