Plein air painting 97

The old ruins of Netley Abbey have caught the attention of artists over the centuries. It is a late medieval monastery, near the town of Netley, Hampshire. Situated very close to Southampton Water the ruins are a protected ancient monument, overseen by English Heritage. 
This was painted during a paint out day with the Southampton Urban Sketchers on the 13th May 2023. Its sized at 12" x 9.5" and done in oils on mounting board.

Plein air painting 41 

Avenue St. Andrew's is a Victorian united reform church built in 1889. The impressive red brick building is (part) grade II listed and can found along 'the Avenue' a main route in and out of the city of Southampton, and very close to Southampton common and cemetery. 
This plein air painting was done on a busy Sunday afternoon in late August 2021 at the entrance to the common, looking across the Avenue (A33) toward the church. It is done in oils on mounting board, sized at 12" x 9.5". 

 Plein air painting 20

St Mary's church, in the St Mary's area of Southampton City is the subject of this plein air artwork. It was built in 1884 and partly rebuilt in 1954 due to war damage. The painting is 11.5" x 9.5"  and painted on supermarket cardboard, during June 2021.

Lady gothic vampire with pet during apocalypse - digital illustration

Lady gothic vampire with pet during apocalypse - digital illustration

Digital illustration of vampire with pet artwork

After an apocalyptic event of some sort a different world is now offered. In a ruined church a tall, attractive female gothic vampire, dressed in black attire is having a stroll with her pet creature. It is on the end of a chain but happily resting while its mistress surveys the scene of devastation while enjoying the shade on her umbrella. The pair are not alone as in this strange world, with its dominant red, cloudy sky and barren landscape. There are a number of flying creatures in the air and other, land based ones are scurrying around the building ruins.
This illustration is painted digitally. It is initially painted on a tablet using 'Sketchbook Pro'. When it has been developed to a point the file is then exported to a larger computer where the image is enlarged are repainted to a much finer standard. It measures 6000 x 4500px and was done in early spring 2020.
The gothic horror illustration can be seen in better detail on this link.

Village Of Axmouth On The River Axe - oil painting

Village Of Axmouth On The River Axe - oil painting

oil painting titled 'Village Of Axmouth On The River Axe'

The subject of this 20” x 16” painting is a peaceful and beautiful view of Axmouth, a small village to be found along the River Axe, in Devon, on the southern coast of the UK. 
The church tower, dating from the 15^th century, is the focal point within the composition and other building contained in the village can be seen dotted around. The river in this summer scene is tidal, so it can be seen that the tide is out revealing mudflats and marsh land. The view itself is from the Seaton Tramway, a preserved railway line that runs parallel along the river, and is named after the larger coastal town very close by.

The painting is done using oil paint on mounting board sized at 20” x 16”. It can be seen in greater detail here.

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - digital painting

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - digital painting

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - digital painting

This digital painting features a cute,gothic Victorian lady vampire, floating around in the grounds of a ruined church on night. With is one of her friendly bats on th is fine, moonlit night which shows up the stone sarcophagus that she has risen from.

The image was created in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' on a windows computer during February 2017, and can be seen in close up here.

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP stages

This composite picture shows a number of stages in the creation of this digital painting, featuring a Gothic woman vampire with bat friend in the typical scene of a ruined church at night.
The first panel shows the initial drawing, each object within drawn on separate levels, often roughly at first, and then cleaned up on another separate level. In this case this drawing was created on a Samsung tablet running the 'Auto Sketchbook pro' app. After a suitable drawing had been created it was then exported from the tablet (as a layered PSD) and opened in photoshop on a PC to enlarge it to the correct proportions for the final illustration and saved. After this stage the drawing is now ready for painting, and is opened up in the desktop version of 'Auto Sketchbook pro'. From now on the artwork is painted using a number of brushes using the drawing as a reference. Again each element is painted on layers. Once the painting was complete some final regrading was done using Photoshop.
The final painting can be seen here.

Southampton Blue Anchor Lane

Southampton Blue Anchor Lane

This painting was done in March 2013. It shows Blue Anchor Lane in the boundaries of the old part of Southampton City. On the right can be seen the Tudor House Museum and King John's Palace. On the left are flat built c1980s, but originally on the site were other Tudor dwellings, with the upper floors overhanging the street, which were pulled down during the Victorian era. The street, built on a slope down to where the sea was originally, was known locally as 'Piss Pot Alley'. The occupants of the houses would throw out waste water, etc, straight out in to the street where it would go run down to the sea. St. Michael's church, founded in 1070, can be seen in the distance.

The painting is created on canvas board, sized to 16” x 20”. Initially the board is painted a bright red ground. Then the actual painting, done in Acrylics, worked on top.

Southampton Blue Anchor Lane