Southampton Central railway station signal gantry 1950's - WIP stages

This historical railway scene is based on an old B/W photo taken by John Bailey. It is painted in oils on a 33” x 23” piece of mounting board. The photo above, divided into 4 panels shows various stages of creating the painting. In the first panel, upper left, can be seen the drawing done in brown acrylic on a lighter brown wash. Moving on to the second panel that is upper right, some diluted oil paint has been applied to act as an underpainting. This is to indicate basic areas of colour and tone, and act as a foundation for future thicker layers of paint. The third panel now shows some thicker paint has been applied which is now the 'true' intended tone of the colour, or putting it another way the final intended paint layer. This layer is also painted with detail in mind unlike the previous layers which are rougher in comparison. Finally the last panel, lower right displays the final painted image, full of detail. In addition some glazing was performed on the painting when dry, which is when a small amount of paint is mixed with a pure oil medium and used to tine areas of colour for extra effect.
This transport painting can be seen in greater detail by following this link to an external site.