Shells by the Shore, photography, digital painting, shaun schellings, seashells beach artwork.

IMAGE INSPERATION
I am Shaun Schellings the creator of Shells by the Shore. This unique beach themed collection was inspired by my love of the beach and the ocean. I have always spent a lot of time at the beach, swimming, surfing, fishing and just relaxing. Whilst beach fishing one day, waiting for that elusive big bite, I began watching the waves roll up the shore. I loved the shapes that the waves made as they crawled up the beach. This gave me the initial inspiration for these designs.

I love painting and have been doing this for many years now. This along with a love of photography and nature lead me to the Shells by the Shore collection. Combining my artistic skills with my computer knowledge allowed me to start mixing these mediums together. I have always enjoyed these mediums on there own and this was the perfect chance to design something using several techniques.

The photographs for the Shells by the Shore collection where taken on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. These wave images were combined with digitally drawn and painted seashells to create the Shells by the Shore collection

IMAGE CREATION
I often get asked how my images are created so here is a brief explanation.
These images are created through a combination of photography and digital painting. All the shells have been hand drawn and painted on the computer using a tablet. A tablet is essentially a pen for computers that can be used in software just like a paintbrush.

Below is an example of how the shells were drawn and painted. Firstly I draw an outline just like you would do drawing on paper. Then I slowly layer the colours to get the desired look. Digital painting is a very powerful art medium as it gives the painter a huge level of control. It is increasingly becoming more and more popular among today's artists.


Base colours	Add further base colours	Add in basic details

Continue adding detail	Add final detail and sharpen edges	Finished image

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