Two horses on Devon coastal path - WIP stages

Completed in June 2021 this painting features a pretty scene of two horses on a coastal path in Devon, UK. Three stages of the painting are shown above. In the first panel can be seen the drawing of the scene, done in brown acrylics on a board with a brown wash. Some tonally bright areas such as the sky have received a wash of white acrylic paint. Moving onwards to the next panel oil paint has been applied to the artwork. It is applied in a thin, diluted manner and mainly shows the dark, tonal 'cold' areas, and acts as an underpainting. This layer is not detailed and quite crude, but is enough to provide a base for the following layer. When this layer is dry after a few days then thinker paint is applied, mostly straight from the tube as shown in the final panel. This painting layer is the final one, with all the colours and tonal values indicated in the scene, applied. More care is taken at this stage with the painting as this layer is the one that is seen by the viewer so careful attention is taken with the details as well as the colour values. The finished work is sized at 20” x 16” and done on acid free mounting board.
This horse based artwork can be seen in greater detail on this link.

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.