Another attempt to paint Castlerigg Stone Circle, one day I’ll be happy with how I paint it 😉
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Tag: painting
Down to the stones
When we visited Long Meg last year and took a few photos (here), I intended to use a few of them as references for paintings, it took a while longer than anticipated to start but that’s the way things go 😉 anyway, this one may be finished. Or at least, it’s finished for now…
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Still practicing, and again I picked a reference photo at random, this time it ended up with a photo I took of Julie back in May when it was a bit sunnier and a bit warmer 😉 I enjoyed painting the folds in the dress, I disliked painting hair, but then I always dislike painting hair for some reason.
Read More…and in reflection
It feels like a while since I’ve managed to paint anything so I decided that I should practice a little, I wasn’t wanting to paint anything overly complicated on in depth but just wanted to get some paint down and break a little creative mind block 😉 The easiest solution I came up with was to gather a load of reference images together and pick one at random then have a go at it. So, I ended up with Crummock water and some reflections to attempt…
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I thought I’d return to Oxford for a little bit of architectural paint time and found a photo I’d taken of the entrance to the Bodleian Library. The painting went well for a change, no issues along the way, that is until I started darkening the outside of the painting – the airbrush clogged, then splurted, then worked well but only for a few seconds…. So, it was either throw the painting into the bin or use photoshop to save it 😉
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