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Here we go again, but a larger size 48 x 40in, it's a while since I've worked on this size, but it is actually the size that I prefer.
I feel that I am able to express myself and loosen up, which is important to me, (some will think me mad, their probably right), the only snag is the storage of course, but I do have space available. Or I could sell them or give them away I suppose!. I am hoping to get this finished in time to enter it for the Patchings 2016 competition, along with the other one, but time is short, so will have to crack on a bit if I'm to make the deadline. It's not just the work but as we all know, it's the drying time between stages, and I don't want to paint alla prima at this size.
Same MO as the other, Michael Harding oil paints, Daler Rowney canvas, with a grey ground to work on, and charcoal grid lines and drawing. I am working from my own photo reference as I prefer and not going overboard with the drawing, as it is so much easier to block it in and draw with the loaded brush, but it was important to establish the main focal points in the correct position and get the perspective and proportions correct. It will be my vision of the scene, for want of a better word, rather than a architectural drawing, that's not what I am about.
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Looks good already!
The other day, Alan, you mentioned Ken Howard's approach, and I was a bit dubious, and probably a bit sniffy, about the word "emulsion" - I've since realized what he probably meant by the word; it's not that he's using any quick-drying household paint, which was my first suspicion (should have known better), but he might have been using an old technique which could be accomplished by any number of materials, including tempera - which many of the old masters employed as a preliminary to painting. If you can find it - I think it's out of print - you might find Ray Smith's The Artist's Handbook, published by Dorling Kindersley, well worth a peruse (even though it'll take time away from painting): it's packed with information, including a section on underpainting in oils; and it covers this very topic.
You'll have your paint order through soon, though, and can tell us how you get on with all the wonderful new things you've bought....... ee, I'm getting quite excited meself...!
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Thanks Robert, it is shaping up quite nicely now I have the next stage completed, waiting for some better light to get a clearer photo.
You are possibly right on that count, KH sells his larger work for 20K+ and I can't see him using Wickes emulsion somehow, thanks for all that info, I will have a look at it some time.
My Jackson's order came yesterday, I always pay for next day delivery, impatience of course, and this is one of the two large canvases that I bought from them. Because of time restraints I did on this occasion put the ground colour on with acrylic, just a matter of speed really, dry in an hour and another 30 mins to draw on the grid. The Gamblin white quick-dry stuff came as well and I have mixed it with my Zinc white, so we will see how long that takes to dry, I will report back on this thread when I know more on that.
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This is the second stage completed, all looking very monotone which is what I want, and ready for some warmer colour, particularly in the distant buildings. Still very little detail, and of course I will add some more figures in the final stages to balance the whole thing.
Some of the paint has been applied thinly, some areas mixed with glaze medium and applied like watercolour, and is looking good for the next stage in a few days or so, when it's nicely dried off. Can't wait to get at it again, but will concentrate this morning for an hour or so on my first WIP and add stage 3. Thank you for reading this and as always your comments are welcome.
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Thanks Derek, the competition is very strong, and it's a milestone in itself to get through the first cut and be selected for entry. Only a mere 70 will make this cut, that's on each category, LP & TA, and I assume that there will be many thousands of entries being an open competition. So, I won't be holding my breath, but as the saying goes, 'you have to be in it etc etc'.
I hope that you do have a go, and everyone else, why not, it's only a few quid to enter. I will be submitting three works in each category, these two WIPS that I am currently working on plus some of last years oils, probably from the Potteries series.
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