Outdoor eating; Peace Gardens, Sheffield
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Another contre jour painting. Different colours in shadows to left are unified by tone; bright, spicey lemon yellow foliage to right over rich dark violet; highlights where it matters to various shapes; and the single point perspective in radiating shadows; all contribute to the flavour of the back-lighting. In repsonse to some feedback here's a few more words. Because it's complex it mustn't take long, less than a one hour demo' in fact, to avoid a fussy outcome. A minimal sketch - the foreground figures, cutlery station, tree and outline of the 2 buildings (with three perspective lines to guide the placement of paint) from a 0.1 fineliner was all, - most of the sorting was done with the brush; no other people were sketched, just added front-to-back; using a rough paper to break things up; gloopy mixtures to accelerate drying & avoid running. Thanks 4 the feedback
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Brian Smith
I am a Sheffield-based professional artist working primarily in watercolour but I sketch from life prolifically in all sorts of media to hone skills and preserve memories, and I enjoy dabbling with pastels. I run three structured courses per week in watercolour, provide 1:1 tution, co-run life…
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