Spring green (oil) …….finished……sort of…….oh wait……………..
On the easel
As ever there are a few paintings underway.
Better photo
New home
Happy that this paining has gone to a new home, very close to where it was painted. Seems right. I hope the new owner will be happy with it.
Revisit
Never sure if it’s a good idea to go back to a painting . This one is a year old and I gave into temptation to change it a bit.
Completed ?
Perhaps its time to stop with this one .The age old problem of whether a painting is complete or not doesn’t go away. Every picture reaches this stage and it doesn’t get any easier to decide. Keep it fresh or risk killing it with overworking it. There is always room for improvement or something that you find annoying but sometimes it’s better to leave well alone. Who knows ?
Daylight
I realized that my last post was a terrible photo taken in artificial light so here’s a daylight version
Feb
Managed to get started with this little oil sketch of one of my favorite places in Transylvania. From a photo but fingers crossed I will be painting ‘en plein air ‘ in the summer.
Clutter
I do find it difficult to deal with so many pictures, what to do with them all ? I was pleased with my recent sale in that it meant not only someone liked it enough to buy it but equally that I had one less picture to find space for.
sketches
I have a 100m long scenic backing of a flooded forest to paint by the New Year. Here are a couple
of preparatory sketches to try to work out a process.
quick sketch today
Sale
Always nice to sell a painting.This one went today.
Update
Not posted much recently, but there are plenty of paintings ‘on the go’
It goes on............and on
Getting somewhere......I think
A few things underway
I don't tend to use the more common WIP abbreviation as 'work in progress' is not always a good description, as 'progress' is not always made .
More changes....or not
Seem to have been working on this but it doesn't seem to have changed much,if at all ,since the last post. A bit like one of those 'spot the difference'competitions. Colour is a bit closer to the real colour though as I took the photo in better light.
Changes
My transylvanian river painting is going through a number of changes. This sometimes happens but not usually as much as this. I think the different lighting effects have been difficult to resolve.
I also post another River Axe painting which is almost complete I think.
Paintings in production
I'm working on a few at the moment and here are two of them. Incomplete at the moment but getting there....... I think !
Some more sketches from the market
A few more tiny drawings (2/3 cms)
