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Hi all. Been off for a while as I totally stalled on the painting I was working on, but just come back from our jollies with a teeny bit of enthusiasm so thought I’d have a crack at something different.
Started this one a few years ago and retrieved it from the attic yesterday. It’s the second of a what will be hopefully a series of paintings based on pics I took in an American car scrapyard in Barnsley decades ago.
Haven’t been too adventurous yet, but I’ve blocked some background in and, since this was taken, worked some more on the red/pink Ford.
Hoping to get back into the habit of painting every day as that seems to work the best for me.
Haven’t been too adventurous yet, but I’ve blocked some background in and, since this was taken, worked some more on the red/pink Ford.
Hoping to get back into the habit of painting every day as that seems to work the best for me.
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Anth = fear not. I have paintings I started 6 months ago, come to that over a year ago, which I've left, and come back to: acrylic is the best medium for this approach, though you can come back to oils too; you might fear you lose the impetus, but actually - no; you can regain it, with a fresh surge of enthusiasm. I've also returned to MUCH older paintings - I have one tucked away, again an acrylic, which I know needs something: I just haven't been sure what. All I've got to do is stay alive! I'll get there eventually, and you will too. Persistence gets there in the end.
Concentrating on the background for the moment, it’s taking a while but it’s a fairly large canvas - around 36x24” - so can live with that. Good to be painting rust again!
There’s a lot of detail even in the background of this one, so completing that area feels like a good start.