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Odd title but it refers to Thames sailing barges loaded with hay or straw that would be taken to up the Thames to London to supply the hundreds of stables .
Lots of different cargos were transported this way , bricks , timber , coal to name just a few , return trips carrying finished products to places like Ipswich, Norwich etc. One unpopular cargo was manure from the city stabbing sold on to farmers along the rivers .
This is an imaginary scene with stackies waiting the incoming tide and other barges waiting to be loaded with flour and other goods .
It’s on A3 watercolour paper, it’s more illustrative than I normally would paint, but experimenting with different styles.
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More details added , I’m trying to make it less detailed than I normally would as I’m having difficulty with the finer lines I’m having to change how I paint and I’m not sure of my style yet or if I’m happy with how it’s developing , still it a progressive think and I don’t think we are ever really satisfied.
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Almost completed I’ve taken out some of the dark colour of the windows they looked to stark , I had a chat with Alan and he pointed them out . I attempted the rigging in my usual way painting on with a fine rigger unfortunately my hand won’t allow me to do such fine line work , I will take of the rigging and do it with pen and a ruler . I don’t particularly like using the pen and a ruler but it it my only choice unfortunately, I decided to post it with the faulty rigging as ther is more learning in seeing mistakes and how they are corrected.
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Good to see you are back to your usual self, Dixie, and posting your work. Are the mono's to help with your tonal values?
I like the era you are portraying. I do enjoy reading about social history, not only in the area I live in, it is often portrayed as more romantic than it was in reality.
Lovely work.
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Thanks Carol, yes the monos are to access the tonal values it something I’ve started doing more often so useful as it picks up weak areas and highlights mistakes .
When we look back in time it’s often with rosy eyes even when I think back to my childhood in the late forties and fifties it’s tinged and certain isn’t what it was like in many ways .
Working on sailing barges , ships , farms in engineering etc was hard graft with little time off and certainly not the money to spend . And still it offers a opportunity to paint the scenes as there is a certain romance etc in sailing along at the mercy of the winds etc not been able to predict deadlines or get there at a specific time. We will be there sometime tomorrow or maybe the next day with lunch and a fair wind, steam offered a faster but still quite sedate experience compared to today. I think we all love a bit of nostalgia, well most of us do and some admit it .
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I, too, transfer my paintings to mono for, hopefully, a more accurate painting.
Looking back, I have fond memories of my childhood, also. But I have to say, social history is a stark reminder. One book, among a few others, I've read, I found more than interesting, Jack London's - People of the abyss, an era when we were an empire, shocking. No rose tinted glasses with this read.
He's a gritty read, and author of 'the call of the wild'
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by Carol Jones
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Your painting beautifully captures the essence of Thames sailing barges, and I appreciate the historical context you've provided. The illustrative approach on A3 watercolor paper is a nice departure from your usual style, offering a fresh perspective. The detailed depiction of barges awaiting the tide adds depth to the scene, making it both educational and visually engaging. Great experiment! My cousin was assigned a complex research paper on a topic she found difficult to understand. Feeling overwhelmed, she turned to this https://academized.com/pay-for-research-paper service, where you can pay for a custom research paper. The writer provided a detailed and well-researched paper that simplified the subject matter. She received excellent feedback from her professor and learned a lot from the work itself. This platform is perfect for students facing challenging academic tasks.
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Despite not being pleased with the painting I e decided to call it a day , I tried to add the rigging free hand and then using a rule but still nit as good as I could be . I was getting frustrated and would have messed about until it was a muddle , best to accept a little bit of defeat . Unfortunately I won’t be able to do the detailed rigging in future but I now know to nit even try messing around with it.
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Nice job Paul, a lot of work gone into this.
As for rigging, use a straight edge with a really sharp B pencil and don’t press on too hard… that will be fine. We don’t want it to be too prominent!
I’ve mentioned this before, but I have noticed that Rowland Hilder frequently resorted to using a straight edge for his rigging, so you’re in good company!
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by Alan Bickley