Women Texting On Christchurch Station - acrylic painting

Women Texting On Christchurch Station - acrylic painting

Women Texting On Christchurch Station - acrylic painting

This acrylic painting was created during June 2018. It is sized at 16” x 12”, and done on stretched water-colour paper. The subject is a number of women, and one man, all busy texting while waiting for a train to turn up at the station. Christchurch, on the south coast of the UK, is the location of this brick built, Victorian station, set during a sunny but cold afternoon one December.

The finished painting can be seen in greater detail on this link.

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Working on closeup 46

 A small snippet of a figurative scene...

Calshot Tug Boat At Southampton Docks - WIP acrylic painting stages

Calshot Tug Boat At Southampton Docks - WIP acrylic painting stages

Calshot Tug Boat At Southampton Docks - WIP acrylic painting stages

This marine painting is of the vintage tender tugboat 'Calshot', moored at Southampton Docks, and awaiting full preservation.

As the painting features a technical subject and I wanted to have a quick painting work on in progress while working on oil paintings I decided to make this artwork an acrylic one only.

The panel shows four stages of the paintings progress. The first section depicts the initial drawing, done in grey acrylic paint on an light brown 'ground'. In addition washes of white paint have been added to emphasise the tonal range within the artwork. The second and third panels show the darker base colours, using acrylics applied to the painting. These actions are to create the under-painting.

Finally the forth image shows the final image as presented, with the application of the final, correct colours and areas of detail.

The whole painting is done in acrylics on stretched water-colour paper, sized at 20” x 16, and the finished painting can be see here in detail.

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Working on closeup 42

Marine ship painting WIP

  a small snippet of a marine based acrylic painting.....

 

Weston Shore Boats At Yacht Club, Southampton - acrylic painting

Weston Shore Boats At Yacht Club, Southampton - acrylic painting

Weston Shore Boats At Yacht Club, Southampton - acrylic painting

This scene shows a boat yard at Weston Shore, Hampshire, near to Southampton Water. The yard is attached to a local sailing club and on this hot summers day can be seen a large number of boats and yachts under cover. Some have not moved for some time judging by the amount of grass under the wheels of the trailer.
The painting is done on stretched paper, measuring 20” x 16”, and painted in acrylic paint during July 2017.
The painting can be seen in greater detail via this link.

Warsash Coastline With Tide Out Hampshire - acrylic painting

Warsash Coastline With Tide Out Hampshire - acrylic painting

Warsash Coastline With Tide Out Hampshire - acrylic painting

In this landscape painting, a scene is depicted of the coastline at Warsash, near to Southampton in the county of Hampshire. Southampton Water is the main stretch of water which runs in to the Solent, and at this location painted the River Hamble joins in the Southampton Water. The area has a small path used by cyclists and walkers along the coast, some of whom can be seen in the distance, on this overcast summers day.
The painting is done on stretched paper, sized at 12” x 16”, and painted in acrylics, during July 2017.
This landscape painting can be seen in greater detail here.

Pines In New Forest Shade - acrylic painting

Pines In New Forest Shade - acrylic painting

Pines In New Forest Shade - acrylic painting

A view of a pine forest is the subject of this painting, completed during June 2017. The forest is located within the New Forest, Hampshire, on the south coast of the UK. It is summer and the sunlight is unable to hit and illuminate the ferns on the forest floor, with just a few dabs of sun making it through in a few places. But it is cool with the tall pine trees giving shade from the heat of the day.

This pine forest view is painted in acrylics on mounting board, sized at 20” x 16”.

The final painting can be seen here.

 

New Forest Trees With Shadows - acrylic painting

New Forest Trees With Shadows - acrylic painting

 

New Forest Trees With Shadows - acrylic painting

The subject of this painting is a section of the New Forest, near to Ashurst and the main railway line between Bournemouth and Southampton. The tall fir trees make a dark scene with the summer light falling across the view, highlighting the trunks and picking out details of the surrounding trees.

It is painted in acrylics on stretched watercolour paper, measuring 16” x 12”. It took a few days to paint but actually took a few months to complete due to other projects, and was not completed until early May 2017. 

The final painting can be seen here.

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Working on closeup 26

Snippet of WIP an acrylic painting of a forest...... 

Beach Boat Under Cover - WIP

Beach Boat Under Cover - WIP

Beach boat under covers -WIP

This picture shows four stages in the creation of a painting called 'Beach boat under covers'. It is painted in acrylics on paper, and is sized at 16" x12". The first panel shows the drawing, drawn in acrylic brown paint on the watercolour paper which has been stretched. The second panel shows work on placing the base (underpainting) colours down, slightly darker than the intended finished colour.In the third panel we see the colours and detail becoming more refined, with the forth panel showing the finished painting.
The location is at Hengistbury Head beach, near to Christchurch, Dorset, with the water being Christchurch bay and the small suburb of Mudeford on the land beyond. 
The finished painting can be seen in greater detail here.

Southampton Artist & Artwork revised site may 2017

Southampton Artist & Artwork revised site may 2017

 During April I decided that some of my sites needed updating in that they were not compliant for displaying on mobiles devices such as phones and tablets, although they displayed fine on a conventional computer. This site was the first to be dealt with, being only a small one, and was built in 'Weebly'. It looks overall like the one it replaces and uses many of the same elements, but now is easier to view on whatever it is seen on. Some newer paintings were also added at the same time. The other sites will take longer to do as they have far more work to display.
The site is to be found here.

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

Bournemouth Pier late summer morning - WIP

The photograph above shows stage by stage work on an acrylic painting featuring Bournemouth beach and its famous pier during a late summers morning.The first panel illustrates a drawing, done in brown acrylic on watercolour paper, which has been stretched. The painted area is 20" 16". The second panel shows the base colours applied with limited details, some parts just having a darker than normal block of paint applied. The third panel shows the finished painting with the correct colours and details applied. The darker under-painting still shows through slightly the covering finished layers to give depth to the paintwork and colours.
The final painting can be seen here.

Mudeford Quay acrylic painting WIP stages

Mudeford Quay acrylic painting WIP stages

This panel show work in progress over stages of the acrylic painting featuring a scene at Mudeford Quay, Dorset in the UK. The first section shows the initial drawing, done in brown acrylic paint on top of a reddish ground wash, which will act as a base for subsequent colours applied on top. The second section shows base colours, or underpainting applied, which are usually darker tones of the final proposed finished colours. In the last section can be seen the final colours applied and fine details painted in. The whole painting was done in acrylics.
The final painting can be seen here.
#artist #mudeford #Christchurch #WIP #acrylicpainting

WIP stages of the Mudeford Quay painting.

3 Paintings on display at the 'Steak of the Art', Southampton

3 Paintings on display at the 'Steak of the Art', Southampton

I currently have 3 paintings on display at the 'Steak of the Art' Restaurant, in Southampton,as part of the exhibition of the Southampton Art Society.
The restaurant chain specialise in exhibiting and selling original art, as well as providing a top quality dining experience, at each of their branches, the other two being at Cardiff and Bristol. The Southampton branch is at the Ocean Village waterside complex. 
The exhibition finishes on the 7 May 2017.

Twitter posting of the event

The three landscape paintings of local, Hampshire scenes can be seen clearly on these links.
Two Yachts Receiving Maintenance In A Yard

Horse In New Forest
Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

Lepe Beach Windy Winter Day - acrylic painting

This acrylic painting was created during December 2016 just before Christmas. It is painted on paper sized at 16” x 12”. Shown is a scene on a cold, winters day at Lepe, an area of coastline on the South of England in the county of Hampshire. A mother and daughter can be seen on the seashore, a 'castle' shaped bucket to the side. On the sea can be seen a man on a water-ski being propelled by a kite. In the far distance past the active, wavy sea, can be seen the Isle of Wight. 

The painting can be seen in close up here.

SWT commission #ArtOnBoard 2016

SWT commission #ArtOnBoard 2016

Original acrylic painting and as applied to train

This is the pleasing end result of a commission from GTB advertising agency for a promotion for South West Trains (SWT), a railway company based on routes in the south west of England from Waterloo station (London).

The painting shows a scene based on the New Forest, Hampshire, in the south of England. The national Park is large and features various types of landscape. I picked a location near to Brockenhurst with which it is possible to view trains running through the landscape and show its famous residence, the livestock that is allowed to roam freely throughout the forest. This is mainly horses, cows, ponies and donkeys.

The original painting was done in acrylics on a canvas sized at 150cm x 70cm during August 2016. It had to be finished by the start of September, and was applied to the first of two trains during late October, and on which day I was invited to see the artwork (reproduced on vinyl sections) being applied. The art was to applied four times on each train. During late November the campaign, to advertise advertising space on trains, was unveiled officially. The above photograph shows it on the train displayed at Waterloo station.

More details of the project, including work in progress pictures, can be seen here.

#art #NewForest #painting #Hampshire #ArtOnBoard

Cows Sitting By Hill Relaxing - WIP

 Cows Sitting By Hill Relaxing - WIP

This acrylic, 16" x12" painting, was completed in October 2016, and shows a group of cows sitting at the base of a hill in the New Forest enjoying the midday sun.
The picture shows work on the artwork in three stages. The first stage is the drawing of the proposed scene, done in brown acrylic paint on to an orange 'ground', which acts as a base for all the colours added on top. This makes sure that the later colours applied are quite strong and think. Even so some of this orange colour will still show through the subsequent layers and add something to the final image. The second stage demonstrates the base colours in the scene laid down, generally darker versions of the final colours. The last stage shows the final colours with correct tonal qualities, and are painted with more care at this time for finer details.
The finished painting can be seen here. 
#Hampshire #NewForest #cows #artist #painting

Cows Sitting By Hill Relaxing - acrylic painting

Cows Sitting By Hill Relaxing - acrylic painting

Cows Sitting By Hill Relaxing - acrylic painting 16" x 12"

This 16" x 12" acrylic painting is painted on paper. It features a countryside scene during the summer with three Friesian cows resting on the grass, during the midday sun. In the background is a small hill with an old fence and worn path. The painting depicts a location in a part of the New Forest, near to the town of Ringwood, in the county of Hampshire.

The artwork was done during October 2016. 

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/cows-sitting-by-hill-relaxing-martin-davey.html 

#Hampshire #art #cows #Newforest #countryside

Devon Field And Drystone Wall - acrylic painting

 Devon Field And Drystone Wall - acrylic painting

Devon Field And Drystone Wall - acrylic painting 16" x 12"

This acrylic painting shows a stone wall on the edge of a field during a summers evening. The location is in the county of Devon, the field and wall being at a coastal spot called Wembury. The landscape faces south and in to the distance meets a cliff dropping in to the sea. A few farm buildings can be see in the distance. The painting is dominated by the characterful, drystone wall in the foreground. The painting was finished during very early August 2016 and is painted on stretched paper, sized at 16" x 12".

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/devon-field-and-drystone-wall-martin-davey.html
#Devon #art #wall #countryside #painting

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working on close-up 16

 A small snippet of an acrylic painting featuring yachts undergoing repair in a boat yard...

WIP yachts under repair acrylic painting