Plein air painting 57

Within the area of Northam, a suburb of Southampton UK are two old gas holders. One was built in 1935 and the other, shown here in this painting, was built in 1909. It has a pretty decorative lattice structure and holds the actual collapsible tank, build in three sections which varies in size depending on how much gas is stored in it. A full tank would mean the top of the tank would fill the volume of the structure. The gas holders are seen in many old photographs of the area mainly as they were amongst the largest buildings in the area.
They have not been in used for ten years and were listed as an important part of the area's industrial heritage. However, at the time this painting was done, demolition had begun so it seems that the gas holders had been removed from the registry and will be replaced by flats.

The main road running left to right is Northam road. Britannia road starts at the traffic light junction and runs in to the distance where the Itchen bridge can be seen right in the distance.

Painted in oils on mounting board, sized at 12" x 9.5" during one early Sunday morning during August 2022.

Plein air painting 55 

Painted one Sunday afternoon in August 2022 this old, long dead fallen tree was seen in the 'old' cemetery at Southampton. Covered in ivy and surrounded by tall undergrowth it made a great subject for the size of a piece of board that was in my 'pochade box', different to the usual size I work at.
Painted in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 7.5".

Man in interesting shed - WIP stages

 Man in his interesting shed - WIP stages

Created during the last month or so of 2021 this painting shows a man sitting in his garden shed, modified at a living space with comfortable armchairs and a wood burner for winter evenings. Many interesting knick-knacks are displayed on the walls.

The picture above shows WIP stages of the artwork. In the first panel can be see the drawing, done in brown acrylic paint on a brown wash. After this some colour is added in the form of underpainting, which is basically a foundation layer for future layers added later. This foundation layer has been done in acrylics, painted thinly (rather than oils), something not normally done but time was restricted. Moving on to the third (bottom left) panel oil paint has been added to some sections. This layer is painted with thicker paint and to the correct colour and tonal values required. Finally the last panel shows the completed painting. It is sized at 33” x23” and painted on primed mounting board.

By following this link the artwork can be seen in greater detail.

Plein air painting 56

Painted in August 2022 one early Sunday morning, the River Itchen is shown working upstream from the St Denys area in the suburbs of Southampton city, UK. Priory road would be running parallel at this point to the river over to the left and off the painting. The landing stages seen on the left have a variety of boats moored to them. In the distance can be seen the railway bridge that carries tracks from the city and towards Portsmouth.

This landscape painting is created on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5", using oils.

Artist David McDiarmid portrait

Painted in spring 2022 this portrait features an artist working on his sculpture. His name is David McDiarmid and is based in Southampton, UK. The piece shown is "Lucifer", with gold leaf being applied to the face.Painted on mounting board sized at 33" x 23" approx in oils.

The artwork can be seen in greater detail on this link.
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