Working away at the Dantzic Cove painting aptly named “Here
All Was Confusion”. This one is not too
onerous even though it is so big. I am
finding that there are so many different types of rock here that I can work on
different parts all the time and not lose interest.
Here is the start, I draw it onto the canvas and then paint on the outlines.
Put in the base colours first and fill in the sky and water
I keep filling in detail of the different parts...adding layer after layer of colour.
Layering is a necessity in my work because that enables me to control the detail. It`s my favourite part of the process because I
feel I am telling the story of the structure. There`s an intimacy about it and I wish I was there, touching the various textures. I can almost understand what happened here because I am spending so much
time looking at the pictures and interpreting through the brushwork what I see. There’s a range of detail brushes that I use and I go through a lot of these with each painting, using the 00000 brush, 2nd from the bottom, for the final detail.
It is impossible to paint this way on site, I would have to set up camp for weeks...like Howley! I believe he spent the better part of six weeks unravelling the shoreline of Meelpaeg Lake. Maybe that`s another project for another time! Hoping to have this one done by the end of January...asking for detail brushes for Christmas!
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