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Saturday, 8 October 2011
It's All in the Head!: preparation sketches/paintings for November/Decemb...
It's All in the Head!: preparation sketches/paintings for November/Decemb...: Hard to imagine, but Christmas is not that far away. This year's Christmas card has a very local theme, Brighton Beach huts and seagulls! ...
preparation sketches/paintings for November/December Exhibitions
Hard to imagine, but Christmas is not that far away. This year's Christmas card has a very local theme, Brighton Beach huts and seagulls! The finished product is at the printers at the moment, but don't have a copy to show as yet.
Allotment holding in Steyning thrives and continues to provide some wonderful sketching opportunities. I am especially fascinated by old sheds and have produced the following quick sketches:
and below is the watercolour I have made of my sketch, interpreting freely those things I remember being there and putting in, naturally, items which seem to go well just to enhance the composition:
I am working on another very small picture of a simple stable door. There were chickens roaming around but I did not have time to sketch them, or in reality, they did not stay still long enough. The old stable is one of several old stone/brick buildings which make up Saddlescombe Farm near Devil's Dyke in East Sussex, which is a National Trust Property (you can be a member or pay to go in).
I haven't finished the painting yet, but have photocopied it and done preliminary colours for the door and chickens - this is how I do most of my watercolours, useful when sorting out complementary colours and possible clashes of colour:
Rough draft 1 - with greenish door
Rough draft 2 - with blue/grey door
This is the original piece of work. I may blend a few more colours into the door, but the real stars are the chickens I suppose so I do not want the door to be overpowering. I will put in the finished piece next time.
Allotment holding in Steyning thrives and continues to provide some wonderful sketching opportunities. I am especially fascinated by old sheds and have produced the following quick sketches:
and below is the watercolour I have made of my sketch, interpreting freely those things I remember being there and putting in, naturally, items which seem to go well just to enhance the composition:
I am working on another very small picture of a simple stable door. There were chickens roaming around but I did not have time to sketch them, or in reality, they did not stay still long enough. The old stable is one of several old stone/brick buildings which make up Saddlescombe Farm near Devil's Dyke in East Sussex, which is a National Trust Property (you can be a member or pay to go in).
I haven't finished the painting yet, but have photocopied it and done preliminary colours for the door and chickens - this is how I do most of my watercolours, useful when sorting out complementary colours and possible clashes of colour:
Rough draft 1 - with greenish door
Rough draft 2 - with blue/grey door
This is the original piece of work. I may blend a few more colours into the door, but the real stars are the chickens I suppose so I do not want the door to be overpowering. I will put in the finished piece next time.
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