The Golden Temple at Amritsar. India.
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But this is a fantastic painting Martin. I have’s visited the Golden temple, but it is still on the bucket list. You obviously had a great day for it as it is glistening in the sunshine.I was in Amritsar for a week. I went many times and saw it in different light, for a few days its was really raining.
Painting the watercolour study.
It's about A3 in size girls.
So now, back home I begin this painting in the studio. This is the most interesting stage for me and it's something I've never done before. Firstly the board is sized and I simply used PVA. Then I primed the surface with an acrylic primer, rubbed down and gave it another coat, rubbed it down again and a finally gave it third coat. Then once completely dry I use a mixture of Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Violet, Raw Umber...a mixture really and it's not that important exactly what colour just a warm mid tone. It varies from picture to picture.
I apply it with a rough old brush and some oil, and work it over a bit like scrubbing, until it's an even tone all over. Once completely dry I make the drawing in pencil. Then I lift out the warm tone with a rag and some turps to reveal the white primer underneath. The warm oil tone comes off no matter how long you leave it. The white is not an addition, but a removal of the warm mid tone. I love it like this. I could easily have left it like this. I think it's a great drawing stage. It's all there now waiting for the application of colour.Edited
by Martin Taylor
So with a half inch flat brush in goes the sky, a mixture of white and cerulean.
It's about A3 in size girls.
So now, back home I begin this painting in the studio. This is the most interesting stage for me and it's something I've never done before. Firstly the board is sized and I simply used PVA. Then I primed the surface with an acrylic primer, rubbed down and gave it another coat, rubbed it down again and a finally gave it third coat. Then once completely dry I use a mixture of Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Violet, Raw Umber...a mixture really and it's not that important exactly what colour just a warm mid tone. It varies from picture to picture.
I apply it with a rough old brush and some oil, and work it over a bit like scrubbing, until it's an even tone all over. Once completely dry I make the drawing in pencil. Then I lift out the warm tone with a rag and some turps to reveal the white primer underneath. The warm oil tone comes off no matter how long you leave it. The white is not an addition, but a removal of the warm mid tone. I love it like this. I could easily have left it like this. I think it's a great drawing stage. It's all there now waiting for the application of colour.
Thought it worth showing this as it's on the easle and gives a sense of scale for those concerned with dimensions.
So the whole sky is in, slightly blended to a lighter more pinky tone lower down. The buildings are begun broadly.Edited
by Martin Taylor
Just a close up of the left hand side.
Water going in, thick with a palette knife. Plenty of paint it's quite textured.
Close up on the water. You can see the texture, it was laid on quite gesturally.
More water, note far left lower sky , some colour variations.
Sky colour variations.
Close up on the temple.