Oil painting collection 02 Bournemouth Sea front
people on Bournemouth beach
Bournemouth Air festival
Boy standing in sea
These 3 oil paintings were painted august-sept 2010 and are of roughly the same location.
The Air festival has now become a regular event at bournemouth and this image features the "Breitling wing walkers",one of the numerous events, though the women walking are on the other side of the plane and cannot be seen here! The location is 'overcliff drive, overlooking the beach.
The beach scene shows crowds on the beach. In reality there are often even more people on the beach than pictured here. The arches of the pier are in the background.
The solo boy in the water is my nephew!
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people on Bournemouth beach
This was painted in oils on a 16"x 20" canvas, during 2010. It depicts
the beach at Bournemouth, in Dorset, UK, during the summer. The building
in the background is part of the pier at Bournemouth and the beach
itself if often crowded during the summer. It offers several miles of
clean, golden sand. The painting is based on a number of photographs
that I took, and then rearranged in photoshop to create one
good,balanced composition. This is then scaled up and printed out, and
transferred to the canvas by hand drawing. Then the drawing is redrawn
using a fine brush and brown acrylic paint. On top of this the final oil
paint layers are applied over a few weeks. My favorite areas while
working on the oil painting was the deckchair on the right and the woman
with a black top on the left.
Bournemouth Air festival
Bournemouth has been having an air show in late august for a couple of
years. This painting is taken from a series photographs taken during the
second festival year. Using photoshop I created a composite picture to
use as the basis for this painting. The location is on overcliff drive,
that looks out over the beaches at Bournemouth down below. I used
another photo of the planes and positioned them in this location and
jiggled the spectators around to get a nice composition. The distinctive
biplanes are used in the Breitling Wingwalkers display, where a woman,
on each top part of the plane wing, stands and poses while the planes
perform acrobatic displays. The painting is done in oils on a smaller
than usual canvas, measuring 12" x 16"
Oil painting collection 01-pictures of Christchurch UK
swans at christchurch harbour
river avon christchurch
christchurch priory
These are the first oil paintings placed here on this site. They were all painted during summer 2010, and based on photographs. The locations are all in the historic and pretty town of Christchurch, Dorset in the UK. The painting of the swans at Christchurch Quay was based on a photograph originally taken during a winter, a few years ago.
Christchurch priory is 12" x16", river avon is 16"x20" and swans at christchurch harbour is 12"x16" in size, on canvas.
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swans at christchurch harbour
This is based on a photograph I took in 2003 during the winter months.
The painting pictures a scene at Christchurch Quay, UK, where ducks and
swans are quite happy to stroll about with the holiday tourists. The
golden winter sun is quite low down as can be seen and shows up well the
feathers and construction of the birds from the side. Hengistbury Head
can be seen in the distance, past the ongoing mooring of yachts in the
area. The photo was heavily altered in photoshop to give me a composition that I was happy to work from.
It is painted in oils on a canvas board measuring 12" x 16".
river avon christchurch
This oil painting depicts the river Avon at the town of Christchurch,
Dorset,UK. It is based on a photograph taken from one of the bridges in
Bridge Street. The multi coloured canoes and canoeists add a lot of
interest and work well with the strong blue colour of the water. The
water reflections were difficult to paint but are probably the center
point of interest and worth the time taken to do them well. The artwork
is based on a number of photographs, particularly of the canoes, as I
wanted to get a good composition using them. The photos were cut up and
rearranged to create a final 'master' composition to create the
painting with.
The painting is done in oils on a canvas board measuring 20" x 16".
christchurch priory
The town of Christchurch, Dorset, UK boasts a wonderful priory, painted
and photographed many times over the centuries. Construction first
started in 1094 AD as a norman church. It took several centuries to
construct and is a landmark for several miles in all directions. This
painting depicts a view from the well kept high street, looking at the
main gates to the entrance of the priory. The painting is in oils on a
canvas board measuring 12" x 16". The original photograph was taken in
the summer of 2010 but then heavily cropped to give the 'straight on'
composition that is seen. I wanted to get the gates archway lined up
with the main door way. The late afternoon sun helps to pick out the
details of the churches architecture, and does describe a later part of
the priory with the stone appearing to be more golden and less weather
worn ( bottom of the tower).
