Last few months, a round up. Wickhambreaux cottages.

Well, I have epically failed to keep up to date with the blog! I have made painting notes as I've gone along , so I can add my pictures from the missing months in :D

January 10th

I painted from a photo, some old thatched roof cottages in Wickhambreaux. These can't be painted from this angle since you'd be swiftly run over.  The first day I got as far as the initial drawing in on the burnt sienna oil primed board.

The painting was finished the next day, 10x12 inches. The sky seems to lose some of the colour in the photographs here.

Wickhambreaux back in the summer.

I haven't managed to paint much still through dark December, but I hadn't realised it had been quite so long since the last post !

  One area near to me has has all the elements of traditional English countryside, is around the River Stour in East Kent. A footpath on the out-skirts of Wickhambreaux has streams, weirs, cattle, towering trees and swans.

  Again there was a burnt sienna under painting, this being as far as I got day one.

This is the final work, with swan.

Getting seasonal with a wintery snow scene.

Here I've gone for a larger 12 x 16 board again, to try to get used to that sizing. The theme is winter sun, there is a surprising amount of yellow and red in the trees despite the blue overall cast.

 At this stage it's mostly finished, I'll have another look tomorrow to see what need's to be done, and get it signed.


 

Close up 

As always for now, these are for sale through eBay at CrightonFineArts. 

In the New Year I'm hoping to have an exhibition, I will update with information regarding that when I get the dates.

Making a mountain out of a mountain painting.

  This picture was a bit of a struggle. It's been so dark that I had to paint in stages, but it at least gave me time to make some notes about what needed to go into the picture on the next session. I also started on a larger board of 12 x 16 inches, so it seemed like a lot more to cover compared to the usual pieces.

   The initial wash in.

A bit further along. 

End of the first day.

Several days later, I was able to finish it.

 Sky close up.

St Margaret's Bay (again), oil on board.

 Another view of St. Margaret's Bay near Dover. This one was painted pretty quick, I didn't remember to photograph as I went along and so I only have the final painting to show here.


   No coloured under-painting on this one, size 10 x 12 inches.
To be listed on ebay under CrightonFineArts.

Bridge over Kentish Fields

Well week six of dark, overcast days rolls on, leaving me to work in limited time on studies inside.

 I started working from the sky down on this, over a burnt sienna oil prepared board which had dried for a few weeks.

I finished this the next day, as shown below. This one I'll either keep, or frame to send to a gallery exhibition.

Bedgebury Forest oil on board.

Another small oil on board, half of which I'd wiped down when I realised I was not concentrating and things had started to go ...... off, rather.

  So I grabbed an hour and finished this as the light faded away. I'm itching to go plein air painting again as soon as possible, however tomorrow rain is forecast once more.