I decided to home in on the big fellow looking out to sea (possible title "Admiring the View"). I also re-arranged things a little, and included the distant Skellig Islands in the painting, which were just out of view to the left.
This was my block-in after about 45 minutes (the canvas is 16" x 20"):-
And here is where I got after about another two hours:-
I hope to finish the painting tomorrow. Feels real strange being back in the studio again. I found myself looking at the ceiling a few times checking for rain!
4 comments:
life must be tough michael,especially with the kind of studio you've got!i can still sense that northern light...
i will follow with interest
as it happens the boys brought back a cold from school for me,
yes studio time for me too!
Yeah, that studio of mine is not great, is it? Sorry to hear you caught a bug too.
oh I see now what you meant on wetcanvas forum... in the second stage it pretty much gets a 3-D effect!
Yes Prerana, Even though this was a studio piece, what you're looking for in "Stage 2" is something which looks 3D as it does here. Think of it as the backbone of your painting. Susan once said to me that "the strength of a painting lies in the relationship between the main masses". I didn't really understand that until quite recently.
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