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This is a 60x30 cm canvas, so quite small in terms of whats on it. I am in two minds as to whether to add individual rooftiles & bricks.. Once I start them I'd have to do it on every building.
I've painted scenes from Staithes a number of times, but the buildings have been bigger, so have included tiles /bricks in those. Not being a patient fine brush/tiny detail person I'm reluctant to 'go there' with this one!
Posted
A great start, I love your perspective of looking over the rooftops, I would happily leave those roofs without tiles, but whatever you decide, its great!! Being born in the North East, we used to visit Staithe's when i was young.I have a watercolour of Staithe's that I painted in the 1990s its one of my husbands favourite's and lives in the dining room lol.
Posted
I’ve painted this much-loved and popular location for artists on more than one occasion, but almost certainly not as accurately as this splendid example, and in a vastly different style.
No, I wouldn’t go any further, it will end up being overworked in my opinion, and as I recall, many of these quaint houses are rendered anyway.
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by Alan Bickley
Posted
This has a lovely look and feel to it Helen. I also don’t think you need any more detail and as you say It’s all or nothing. Less is better, and you already have some skylights to break up the roofs. It’s super as it is, but of course the final decision and stroke of the brush is yours. That’s what makes painting individual and exciting as we wouldn’t all do the same thing from any one point.
Posted
It's been a while.... (9 months!), since I worked on this, but I've finally got around to what I am now calling 'completed'.
It went a bit wrong mid-way, changed colour several times, I didn't like it, but husband loved it (the wrongness included!), so this is how I will leave it!
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by Helen Martell