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Yes, I know the horizon is wonky at the moment! It doesn’t matter at this stage. However, there are several decisions to be made (and it’s not until you write them down, do you realise the amount of decisions you make when painting). Take this excerpt from my recent email to the client, describing what…
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Here’s a photo of the painting taken in natural light. Got to work on the cloud formation next.
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Marmalade, the Jag Gallery resident cat, tends to like sleeping on the floor below my painting and on my sketches!
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The initial sketches that were selected by the client during our 2nd consultation and used to lay down basic composition of the painting. Followed by some of the sketches using photocopies of the painting to plan the shoreline, placement of the boat and sky formations. Still more planning to be done at this stage.
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The seascape commission is underway! Before Christmas, I painted the sky in a blended graduation of predominantly colbalt blue and established the basic layout for the sea, beach and shoreline with the rocks suggesting a focal point. Although the early stages look very basic, it is surprising how influential they are. Even though the scene…
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I battled against the wind today, working on my outside on my painting and battled with beefing up the lad in the middle, as his lanky limbs and spazzer legs had been bugging me all weekend, he’s moved to the foreground now, which is what I wanted, and in fattening him up, he now looks…