Welcome to my oil painting 'Works in Progress' section where you can see the paintings I have on my easel right now and keep up with their development stage by stage.
'Ty'n Cornel - Cambrian mountains' - 'Fishguard fishermen' - 'Boats at Cardigan bridge' - painting stages below.
( Updated 8th February 2010: 'Ty'n cornel' landscape finished. )
Ty'n cornel 16'' by 12'' - started 1st February 2010.
Stage one.
High up in the Cambrian mountains of mid Wales this is the scene looking down an old cart track at Ty'n cornel. I've started this painting in my usual way by mapping out the basic idea with loose brush work and washy paint.
Stage two.
Here we are at the next stage of the painting. I've decided to alter the large forground shadow that was being cast by a shed behind me at the time. Adding the posts has helped lead the eye into the painting greatly now.
Finished painting.
After spending a little time tweaking the colours and adding some more details here and there the final step was to add the figure walking down the track with his dog.
Fishguard fishermen 16'' by 12'' - started 23rd January 2010.
Stage one.
After ten minutes of using a big size 8 brush and washy paint the basic idea is mapped out and I now have some idea of what the colours are going to be. I'll let this dry a little now and before continuing.
Stage two.
I'm working on the whole painting at the same time here and move from one area to the next depending on what colour I have on the brush.
Stage three.
Now I've added some of the bits n' bobs like the ladders, lamp posts and some ropes the painting is looking a little more lively.
Boats at Cardigan bridge 16'' by 12'' - started 11th January 2010.
Stage one.
This is a different view from Cardigan bridge looking downstream, but this time there going to be some boats moored up along side on the left.
Stage two.
I've had to pretty much finish the area directly behind the boats here before I've been able to add the masts and ropes that will come later. The trick with adding the detailing of the boats is to keep it in the same style as the rest of the painting, and not to tighten up and make everything to precise and sharp in that area... compared to the rest.
Finished painting.
I deliberately keep the rigging on the boats to a minimum and tried to keep it all in a fairly loose style. I worked a little more on the water and then added the gulls to finish.
