Plein air painting 24

This unusual building is a concrete plant owned by Cemex UK, supplying ready mix concreate. It is along Belvidere Road, Northam, in Southampton. The road runs parallel to the River Itchen and the plant receives its product via ship which docks behind the plant. The painting is done from life during one afternoon and is done in oils on a piece of 12" x 9.5" mounting board, during July 2021.

Charing Cross bridge over the Thames in London - WIP stages

Painted during the summer of 2021 this 20” x 16” oil painting shows a scene during a sunny autumn day in London. The location is the South Bank, looking over the Thames and on to the Embankment on the opposite side
The photo above shows four stages of the painting in progress. In the first panel can be seen the drawing, based on a photo that had been altered compositionally, which is done in dark brown paint on a lighter brown wash, using acrylic paint. Moving to the second stage diluted oil paint has been added, mainly to act as an underpainting to give guidance to the placement of colour and tonal values within the composition. When this level is dry then the painting can be tackled with thicker paint, used to create the final layer and clarifying the correct colours, as partly done in the third panel with work underway. Finally the last panel shows the completed artwork of the London scene, which can be seen in greater detail by following this 3^rd party external link. 

still life painting 08 fruit

A collection of various pieces of fruit painted in this oil study, done during an afternoon in August 2021. It is painted from life on a piece of board sized at 9.5" x 8".

Charing Cross bridge over the Thames in London - oil painting

A view of the river Thames is shown during a sunny autumn day in the city of London, UK. The people shown are seen standing on the 'South bank', with the 'Embankment' on the north side of the Thames. In this busy part of the city can be seen a number of distinctive land mark structures. Charing cross station can be seen, with a large development, known as Embankment Place, that was opened in 1989, on top of the Victorian railway station. The railway station is fed from railway lines coming across Hungerford bridge, built in 1870s and replacing an earlier design. For most of its life it has had a pedestrian footway of some form as well as carrying railway traffic. In recent years to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee, a new suspension walkway was added either side of the railway bridge, which can be seen on the right.
The location is popular with tourists and a few can be seen enjoying the mourning Autumn light. A man is leaning against one of the famous 'dolphin lamps' with populate both sides of the Thames and are of an intricate Victorian design. A couple are photographing each other, presumably with the intention of getting the Houses of Parliament in the frame, which can be found sightly further down the Embankment side, and of to the side of this composition.
This painting was done in oils on mounting board, sized at 20” x 16” and painted during summer 2021. It can be examined in better detail by following this link.