Steaming Along - Open Acrylics on Canvas Board

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I love steam engines Adele and this one looks okay to me. I love the steam coming out of the chimney. You can almost here it rumbling along.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Tue 19 Jul 16:43:38

Lovely composition Adele. I find mechanical things quite difficult to paint. You have done well here.

Posted by Henry Martin on Tue 19 Jul 16:47:22

You've got this just right Adele. I like it very much.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 19 Jul 17:56:29

I'm amazed you'd even attempt this, Adele, well done, great job! Lots of complicated perspective and turnings, ellipses, go and have a lie down girl!

Posted by Caroline Greene on Tue 19 Jul 19:37:11

A difficult subject well achieved, Adele.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 19 Jul 20:01:28

Well the engine is fabulous Adele.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Tue 19 Jul 20:25:24

Nice one Adele.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 19 Jul 20:33:17

Thank you Ellen, Henry, Michael, Caroline, Cesare, John and Margaret. Think I'll look for something simpler now!!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 19 Jul 21:47:51

Love the steam engine Adele

Posted by Helen Shepherd on Tue 19 Jul 22:24:29

Marvellous adele is it fred.

Posted by Russ Willco on Tue 19 Jul 22:36:57

Very nice Adele like this one very much

Posted by dennis roberts on Tue 19 Jul 23:12:38

You have caught this old lady very well Adele, must have been difficult to draw.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 20 Jul 08:44:50

Beautiful result of a very complicated subject, Adele.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Wed 20 Jul 09:35:23

Thank you Helen, Russ, Dennis, Stephen and Mia. Is Fred a CBBC character Russ? This was too difficult to draw unaided so I had to put lots more reference points in and even then I was having lots of problems - I'm glad it's finished though.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 20 Jul 10:44:59

Always drawn to this subject having done lots. The wheels let it down as far as perspective and relevant sizes but I like the figures, colours and setting. Keep at it Adele

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Wed 20 Jul 14:15:47

Its great as it is Adele!!!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Wed 20 Jul 15:34:32

Really delightful, Adele! There's a very nostalgic charm to the piece, and the detail is very well observed and executed.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 20 Jul 15:45:24

You've done a superb job of all those difficult perspectives Adele, figures are really good too.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 20 Jul 16:55:55

Thank you Derek, Chandra, Seok and Fiona. Derek - Yes, you are right. The wheels were the most problematic and are still not "right". So lots more practice on wheels!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 20 Jul 17:07:55

A lovely touch of nostalgia. The school obviously didn't recognise your talent as all your work is very good. I only hope some of them are viewing your work now.

Posted by Linda Mauldon on Wed 10 Aug 21:04:36

Thank you Linda. I think most of the teachers must have passed on by now, and the school was demolished years ago.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 10 Aug 21:40:28

Hang on Studio Wall

19/07/2016

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I took a photo of this traction engine a couple of years ago at the Beamish Museum in Gateshead and used a different setting of country lanes to paint it in. It has taken me a while to complete because I couldn't get the perspective right, but it is as good as it is going to get and I have decided not to fiddle with it anymore.

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Adele Elgood

When I was a young girl my parents had a large mirror which had an etching of a "crinoline lady" on. I would spend hours copying this. In the 1960's when I was at Secondary school, I was told to give up painting and drawing as I was useless and would never be any good. Following these words of…

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