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which would you like me to paint?

7/24/2014

Orcombe point seems to be so popular I could see my self painting it every week!
"A" was your winner this week and "B" was a very close second! thank you to all the people of facebook who voted! I'm looking forward to painting this as I have a good colour study I did a couple of weeks ago to work with, So I had better get on with it! follow me on facebook

And here is the finished painting, I worked from a colour study I had done a few weeks ago and the photo
"High Summer, Orcombe" 8 x 6 ins

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"The Ben Dover" Oil 8 x 6 ins

7/20/2014

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Painting this, I had a Smile the whole time!

I was working on the title for this painting, so I decided to take a close look at the name of the boat for inspiration, and discovered the name to be "The Ben Dover" childish I know, but It made me smile and I enjoyed painting it all the more!

I didnt do much in the way of a notan study (thumbnail Sketch) as It was a very obvious design, so I just went for it, and enjoyed doing so for a change!

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Creating a Painting "Summer on the Exe"

7/2/2014

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Oil Painting "Summer on the Exe" 8 x 6 ins

From Photo reference to finished painting

Even thought i love painting from life, sometimes there is a need to paint from reference photos. This was from my facebook friends who voted for this. Also sunsets are incredibly difficult to paint from life, so a good photo reference is vital. thank you Richard Neave!

Working from the Photo
One of the best ways to work from photos is to work from a computer monitor, as it is produced by light and not ink, which helped with the feeling of light from the sunset. Its almost like working from life but you have the comfort of the studio and all the time you need, instead of 15 minutes if your lucky!

Simplifying the reference
This thumbnail exercise will save loads of time and materials as if you havent got a thumbnail you like then the finished painting wont be much good ether!

The lovely colour!
A small quick colour study (6 x 4 ins) is a great way to have a practice and sort out in your mind how the colours will work together before attempting a larger painting.

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Speed painting! watch me paint "Summer on the Exe"

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which would you like me to paint?

"The Ben Dover" Oil 8 x 6 ins

Painting this, I had a Smile the whole time!

Creating a Painting "Summer on the Exe"

From Photo reference to finished painting

Speed painting! watch me paint "Summer on the Exe"

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