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Got started on one I've had on the back burner for a few years now, a scrap Thames Trader truck.
First, a bit of history. We needed some building materials for our new house a few years ago and my dad, who used to be in the trade, recommended a guy he know - he had a farm fairly local to us that had the stuff we needed and, unbeknownst to me, a load of old scrap trucks, tractors and cars (and various other stuff).
We got there and I was blown away! Loads of old trucks and tractors, car parts and various farm machinery as well as the materials I needed.
The Thames Trader that I'm working on now grabbed me in particular. In general, I think it was the fact that all this stuff had been rotting away for decades, not two miles from where I lived for my first 40 years, that blew my mind.
It's all gone now...Mr. Featherstone died a couple of years ago and I believe the place was cleared. So here's my tribute to him and his awe-inspiring collection of tat :)
First, drew the scene out roughly:
Then, blocked the sky, some of the foliage, and the shadow underneath the truck, in:
There's a lot of foliage in this one, it's only 12" square and there's a lot of detail, so plan is to overpaint the various flora and fauna, building it up dark to light in the foreground.
This one's a secondary work to the Mustangs painting I started tonight (to appear here soon), so may not progress quickly, but I feel like I've got a decent start.
Anth.
Then, blocked the sky, some of the foliage, and the shadow underneath the truck, in:
There's a lot of foliage in this one, it's only 12" square and there's a lot of detail, so plan is to overpaint the various flora and fauna, building it up dark to light in the foreground.
This one's a secondary work to the Mustangs painting I started tonight (to appear here soon), so may not progress quickly, but I feel like I've got a decent start.
Anth.
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Needed a break from Automatron, and also to give it time to dry, so raided the loft and found this one. Hadn’t been touched for over two years, but got a really good night on it.
Hope to get some more done tomorrow and Saturday before returning to Automatron- this one needs to be allowed to dry thoroughly before I start building the foliage up over the truck.
Hope to get some more done tomorrow and Saturday before returning to Automatron- this one needs to be allowed to dry thoroughly before I start building the foliage up over the truck.
