Men At Northam Southampton Boat Yard - WIP stages
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| WIP stages of boats at a Northam boat yard oil painting. |
The Northam area of the city of
Southampton in Hampshire, features a number of boat yards as it is
located on the river Itchen. This painting, completed in January 2019
features a scene of a drydock with men preparing to use a crane to
place a boat in to the river from the dry land.
The picture above shows a number of
stages of how the painting was created. The first stage shows the
drawing which is done with dark, brown acrylic paint on top of a wash
of a similar colour. The dark tones within the scene are painted in
as are very light in tone subjects, such as the sky, using white
acrylic paint. The middle panel shows work moved on where now oil
paint has been used to indicate the underpainting, often in darker
hues of the final intended colours, and is achieved by using diluted,
thin paint. Detail is still quite basic at this stage. The last panel
features the final, finished artwork. It can be seen that the colours
are now correct, having been applied with thick oil paint and also
details regarding the surfaces and lighting, are now included.
The painting can be seen on this link.
