Plein air painting 51(c)

This is the third painting done at Warsash, Hampshire on a day in August 2022 and follows on from the previous two posts. It is of one bench to be found near the local ferry. Painted in oils on mounting board sized at 7.5" x 6.5".

Tourists at Boltons Bench New Forest ART WIP

Tourists at Bolton's Bench New Forest ART WIP

This painting shows an area of the New Forest, Hampshire known as Bolton's Bench. It is on a hill just outside the town of Lyndhurst. The bench is around a base of a large Yew tree which is in turn on top of a small hill that offers good views of the local countryside. The photograph shows a work in progress of an initial drawing in brown acrylic paint on a red ground base. The second panel shows a half completed painting with the base colours added while the third one show the finished acrylic painting. it will be seen that a figure of a girl has been added at a later stage. This was done after initial completion as it was felt that something was missing composition. The girl figure adds more interest in this location that is full of tourists, in particular with kids who are naturally attracted to all of the tame donkeys found in the area. 

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WIP painting stages of Boultons bench, Lyndhurst, Hampshire

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park

This oil painting was created in the spring of 2013. It depicts a girl sitting on a bench in Watts Park, Southampton, waiting for an event unknown to the artist, with only a statue and lamppost for company. The statue featured is one of Sir Issac Watts, an English hymn writer, a resident of the town and born there in 1674. The park is also named after him.

The painting is based on a photograph taken during an autumn day a few years previously. The oil painting is on canvas board measuring 16” x20”, initially painted with a red acrylic base.

Girl Waiting at Southampton Watts Park