Summer New Forest Picnic - oil painting

Summer New Forest Picnic - oil painting

Summer New Forest Picnic - oil painting 20" x 28"

During October 2017 this oil painting was created displaying a common and timeless scene that takes place in the new Forest, Hampshire. It is one with a family gathering together for a camping holiday during the summer. In the background can be seen a camping site. Separating the family and the site is a small stream, hidden in the painting.

Oil paint was used, a sheet of mounting board being used as the support. The image is sized at 20” x 28” and took approximately two weeks to create.

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

 

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Working on closeup 37

A small snippet of a forest in the summer oil painting........

WIP summer picnic oil painting

New Forest Camping Fun - oil painting

New Forest Camping Fun - oil painting 

New Forest Camping Fun - oil painting

In this painting can be seen children enjoying a summers day in the new Forest national park, Hampshire, on the south coast of the UK. The children are playing in a stream next to a camp site which can be seen in the background, on this hot, summers day.
The painting was created during June 2017 and is painted in oils on mounting board. The image is 28” x 20” approx in size.
The painting can be seen in greater detail here.

New Forest Camping Fun - WIP oil painting stages

New Forest Camping Fun - WIP oil painting stages

WIP stages of 'New forest camping fun' painting

This composite photograph shows the painting 'New Forest Camping Fun' in four stages of work in progress. In the first panel is  the drawing of the scene done in acrylics on a dark brown wash of acrylic paint. The second panel shows the addition of darker colours added, using acrylic paint, which act as the under-painting and will give final layers of paint, when applied something to kick against. The third panel shows a start on the final painted layer, which is done in oil paint. The last panel shows the final and finished oil painting, which is sized at 20" x 28" approx and done on mounting board, during June 2017.
The location is a camping site in the New Forest, Hampshire, on the South coast of the UK. The time is August with the children enjoying the sunny, summers day in this shady woodland part of the National park.
The final painting can be seen in detail here.

my paintings - New Forest Open Art Exhibition 2017

my paintings - New Forest Open Art Exhibition 2017 

I have two oil paintings on display at the New Forest Open Art Exhibition (2017). The gallery location is The New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, in the UK. It is open from the 15 July to the 8 October, 10am - 4pm daily.
It is run in partnership with the National Park Authority and sponsored by ExxonMobil. 

My two oil paintings at the New Forest Open Art Exhibition

The two oil paintings on display are both based on sights of the New Forest, one showing two members of the huge horse population that roams the national park, and the other a shaded stream that backs on to a camping site, and which offers much pleasure for the children staying there.
New Forest Camping Fun - oil on board 20" x 28"
New Forest Horses With Light And Shade - oil on board 16" x 20"

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Working on closeup 30

A small snippet of a camping in the forest painting.....