Plein air painting 98b

Following on from the previous painting, done during 15th May 2023 was this quick painting done a few mins walk from the last location. Here the mouth of the River Hamble can be seen as it intersects with Southampton Water, across which can be seen Fawley oil refinery. Two tanker ships with red hulls are docked alongside the complex.
Painted in oils on mounting board sized at 12" x 9.5".

M7 Steam engine in the Southern Countryside - oil painting

Painting of locomotive in the countryside, set in the 1950s.

This nostalgic painting, measuring 22" x 16" and painted in oils, shows a traditional scene of an M7 Southern railway locomotive in the English countryside, during the 1950s. It is based on an old black and white photograph, possibly showing the Fawley branch or Hawkhurst branch/ Pooks Green, in southern England. Elements have been slightly rearranged in the composition from the photo and figures added.
The locomotive type itself, a 0-4-4 passenger tank locomotive, were built between 1897 and 1911, the last one in service in 1964. Two examples are preserved. They were built for the LSWR by Dugald Drummond at Nine Elms locomotive works, in south London.
The artwork was done with the intention of it being reproduced as a 7” x 5” greeting card for a railway society.  It can be seen in larger detail on this link.

 

 

Boats at Fawley

Boats at Fawley - acrylic painting

Boats at Fawley, Hampshire with power station in the background

This Hampshire painting features a scene from Warsash looking across Southampton Water with the large power station at Fawley. The boats in the foreground rest on the mud banks of the River Hamble which intersects at this point with Southampton Water, a very busy shipping route that leads to the Solent.
The power station, built in 1971 is a famous landmark in the area and the chimney is 650ft tall. The power station closed in 2013 so the distinctive and visible icon for miles will eventually disappear when demolition is complete.
The acrylic painting is on stretched paper sized at 12" x 16" and done during January 2016.
http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/boats-at-fawley-hampshire-martin-davey.html 
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Boats and Fawley Power Station WIP art

Boats and Fawley Power Station WIP art

The photo shows a work in progress on a painting of a selection of boats on the bank of the River Hamble. This is the mouth of the river where it meets Southampton water. From this view point can be seen Fawley Power station on the other side of Southampton Water, with the start of the New forest, Hampshire behind it. The painting is done in acrylics on paper sized at 16" x 12". Three stages can be seen of the work in 3 panels. One is the initial drawing, done in brown acrylics on a red ground base. The second panel shows a half way stage with the body of the painting in place ready to accept the final details, which can be seen in the final panel.

WIP showing 3 stages of the painting of Fawley Power station and surrounding area.

Fawley from Weston Shore Hampshire Digital Sketch

Fawley from Weston Shore Hampshire Digital Sketch

This is a small digital sketch painting done from life. It is also the first time I had a go at painting digitally on location and generally speaking it worked out quite well. The painting is no masterpiece but I think I will continue to explore this avenue! The location is in Hampshire looking at Southampton Water from Weston Shore/ Victoria park. In the distance on the other side of the water can be seen Fawley power station and oil terminal. Beyond that is the New Forest.

The software used was 'Sketchbook for Windows tablet' by Autodesk. I down loaded it the previous afternoon to play around with it, using my Microsoft Surface Pro device, that uses a Wacom enabled screen/ pen. One concern I had is not being able to see the screen as I worked, if the day was sunny. As it turned out I could see it reasonably well, on this very sunny Autumn day. I had installed 'Painter Essentials' a few months ago but found that is was over complicated for quick use and disappointingly the pen or tablet did not work well with it, often having to press or draw a number of time to get any response, and that does not suit the fast way I work. To make painter work well, when sitting at a desk does mean using an external keyboard for short cuts. That's ok when at home but not when out and about. The 'Sketchbook' software I have to say worked well. The pen was always responsive with the software without fail and controlling the software was simple so you can concentrate on the task at hand. 

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Fawley from Weston Shore Hampshire Digital painting

Weston Shore view of Fawley wip stages painting

Weston Shore view of Fawley wip stages painting

This image shows progression on a painting showing a scene at Weston Shore, Hampshire. Weston Shore is on Southampton water, and in the painting can be seen a cargo ship carrying cars to the Port of Southampton. On the opposite side of the water can be seen Fawley Power Station, its distinctive chimney visible for many miles.
The painting is done in acrylics on a board sized at 10" x 12". It took less than a day to paint.

Weston Shore view of Fawley wip stages painting

The final painting can be seen here.