rainy day in Richmond

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Fabulous, love everything about it.

Lots of atmosphere in this David. You have captured the feeling of wet weather.

Thank you for your great comments, I very much appreciate them, David x

Great painting, I love the lack of extraneous detail , like the spokes of the wheels, that would have distracted from the feel of the wet day.

Really like this painting.!!

Just a little note on how I went about producing the wet effect: I produce my own boards using hardboard usually cut to size by the DIY store, I lightly sand the smooth surface before painting with acrylic gesso 3 to 4 coats, with this one instead of leaving the brush strokes to dry in I dabbed the final coat with kitchen paper to achieve a wrinkly effect allowing the paint to sit on top of the wrinkles. Using a more dilute paint allows the paint to flow into the mini Channels of the gesso.

A really super painting David and thanks for explaining your process; that's really interesting.

Hang on Studio Wall
08/04/2023
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232x309mm oil on board

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David Fitch

Hi my Name is David Fitch born 1950 and a self taught painter. I re-kickstarted my love of painting during convalescence for a radical prostatectomy in 2009. Now I have to paint , I have this relentless need to produce and desire to leave something behind. maybe that’s selfish, I don’t know? I…

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