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Progress so far, I’m struggling with my desire to paint every nut and bolt what in trying to do is keep it as loose as possible. Im to not sure if working loosely will work on something like trains. The odd thing is that the steam and smoke from the engine at the rear is not visible when looking directly at the painting, but can be seen when moving off centre?.
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I can't see the smoke/steam at all - and have tried dodging around.... when painting a subject like this, you CAN go loose, but you've already mapped out your drawing with some care, and I think you'd be best advised to go with that, and forget 'loose' for this one. Plus, in watercolour you need to have a strong wash, lifting effects like smoke and steam out - i.e., darker than you've got. How did you indicate that smoke I can't see? Anyway, you didn't ask for advice! I just can't resist offering it .....
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We all work differently, but I always start by laying a mid-range wash across the whole paper, then I establish my darkest tones.
I’m never too keen on leaving cut-out shapes untouched, but obviously that’s how you like to work.
Anyway, showing good progress so far, and like Robert, I also can’t help offering advice!
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by Alan Bickley
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Thanks for the feedback Alan, I would normally put a thin wash over the painting but for some unknown reason I have done this differently. I know it not a loose painting as such but for me it’s different and not as tight as I would usually do, as I said it’s even different from the start and changing as I go along. As to giving advice just chip in-as and when, if yer can’t take advice don’t post it.
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The frame is not a permanent one, I will look to a darker colour. I’m ok with the result but in retrospect it could be darker.
As an experiment it’s worked well in that I have learned a lot from it, certainly how not to do things, I found it quite challenging but that’s a good thing to do. Thank you for the advice given and comments.
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by Paul (Dixie) Dean