'The Cedars' revisited...

When I started work on my recent commission to paint 'The Cedars' I took the precaution of starting two paintings of the same scene until I was sure which foreground I preferred (call me paranoid!!)

As I still had one unused/unfinished foreground I thought I'd have some fun playing around with it...firstly sticking on the actual photo I'd been working from, then incorporating it into the painting....

Acrylic & Collage

26cm x 35cm

Dark Skies, Walberswick Beach

Acrylic on Watercolour Paper

36cm x 25cm

Dark skies, Walberswick Beach

I often photograph my paintings as I work, I find it helps me to 'frame' them as I go along, and to view them in a different way, similar to taking a step back, when I have been working up close.
I thought it might be interesting to show my current painting in stages as I go along...

I am experimenting with a base colour of yellow to make the greys
shine out (top tip from Mary Spicer!)

Dark sky...

That's all I've got time for this week...!

Beccles Society of Artists

My painting of Southwold Golf Course (see below...24/3) is hanging in the reception of Beccles Hospital for the whole of May...my prize for winning 'Picture of the Month'!!!!!!!!!

What a difference a mount makes...

...definitely complete!

(sold)

The Cedars

Commission complete...I think!

Acrylic on watercolour paper

35cm x 25cm