Old House (Painting)

My latest acrylic glazing technique practice from a source photograph on WetCanvas

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There’s a lot more variation in the colours on the roof and ground which haven’t come through in the photo unfortunately.  But hopefully this gives you a good idea.

There’s some problems with it and this is an exercise in technique so not much of my own style coming through yet.  But I learnt a lot, I’m pleased and I’m happy to move on.

Here’s a summary of how it developed …

Looking back at work in progress:

The source photo (this version with the contrast and set high):

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Initial sketch onto the board (after some sketching on paper and studying light/dark) - looking quite iffy at this initial stage.  When I looked at the photos on my pc alongside the source photo I found I have squashed the picture to fit the proportions of the canvas board …

 

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In with the first underpainting (just burnt sienna and my new acrylic retarder fluid) …

 

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Spent quite a bit of time getting more definition in that underpainting - eg. lost the guttering shadow as it wasn’t working for me window frames were really frightening to do …

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After a couple of early glazes …

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Some glazing later I’m starting to see where some tweaks are needed (lighten the sky, shorten the chimney, straighten out the gate, highlight on the roof edge, etc) - should have spent longer on that drawing after all …

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 The final piece - not perfect it will do and it’s time to move on …

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