March 2008 Archives

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Ok, before I started painting in oil, I decided to do a quick watercolour sketch. I was using heavy Cotman watercolour paper (A3 size) and a Kolinsky sable brush. I was using a Windsor and Newton pan set of watercolours. I also had a small plastic cup filled with water and a small dose of Gum Arabic (by Windsor and Newton again) to give the colour a glossier look - and to control the flow. (Later on I'll probably try some water colour blending medium).

Basically this was just a sketch to see how the oil painting would proceed - so  I wanted to paint in the same fashion as I would do an oil painting. So the technique you see here will be more akin to the Victorian style of painting watercolours - rather than the modern conservative method. So I will be using Chinese white to produce body colour and various blacks and also maybe mix other opaque elements in too. We shall see how it pans out.

Anyway, I started first with a very faint pencil sketch. Then started experimenting with various colours to see how the painting would proceed.

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Continues on from here.

So, I've finally finished the painting. Hope you like it. I'll probably do some more modifications when I come back to it in a few months. We shall see.

 Anyway, I'm now going to enter it into the Jack Vettriano competition. I'll let you know how that goes.

Where do you go to my lovely - part 1

So, while I am still pottering around with my painting of Simian Ongarian - I decided to finish off my Journey of Emoticon painting. As I was working on it the motivation and title changed to: "Where do you go to my lovely." If you recall this is an oil on canvas - 40x30cm.

So - I'll probably finish it at the end of this week and enter it into the Jack Vettriano competition in the Daily Mail. All I need to do is finish off Mr Chenapans cap and tidy up various highlights and finishing touches. I'll let you all know how I fare.

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