last days of August 2

last days of August 2
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That looks very much as though it's painted on the reverse side of a hardboard panel, and I wonder if it is? If so, may I suggest you either paint on the other side, roughing it up with a bit of sandpaper and perhaps giving it a wipe with a dash of meths, or applying a much thicker gesso to the reverse side so that this rather mechanical weave doesn't make it so difficult to photograph your painting? This isn't a comment on the quality of your painting, of course, but just a suggestion that you might like to consider. It's the regularity of the 'weave' that interferes a bit with the impact of the painting. And as for the painting, having said all that: like it, like the colours and colour variation, and the dynamic sense.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to comment Robert. This Painting is on primed fine canvas stretched on a card board. It is only A5 size and I did photograph it out side on a very bright day so I think the texture of the canvas is really exaggerated , yes I agree that its regularity reacts with the paint .I usually use oils but the sand was blowing around a bit and on such a small scale it adds texture where I don't really want it especially when painting with one layer of paint. I'm thinking of maybe putting acrylic ink down as a first layer and finishing with paint next time to make the textures much more contrasting although I much prefer oils on a larger scale. I'm glad you like the colours, the light seems to pick up the greens much more at the end of the summer here .

Hang on Studio Wall
04/09/2017
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painted on the beach

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Rosamunde Copping

I was born in 1967 in London and moved to a small village in Cambridgeshire when I was 8 which had a profound effect on the way I observe a sense of place. Missing the diversity and cultural circus made me reflective and joining a small but jolly community in a flat land with huge skies made me…

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