Brown Standing Horse Eating - WIP stages

Brown Standing Horse Eating - WIP stages

composite image of 'Brown Standing Horse Eating' in stages

This composite photograph shows work in progress stages on an oil painting of a horse. The horse was enjoying the surroundings of the New Forest, Hampshire.
The first panel shows the initial subject drawn in with brown acrylic paint on an orange (ground) base. The second panel features some of the base colours placed in again using acrylic paint. This paintwork acts as a base for the oil paints to sit on during the final application, which can be seen to be started in the third panel. The fourth panel shows the completed painting. as an experiment I decided to keep some of the base painting showing, rather than have all of the painted area 'finished'.
The final painting can be seen clearly here on this link.

Brown Standing Horse Eating - oil painting

Brown Standing Horse Eating - oil painting

Brown Standing Horse Eating - oil painting

A horse eating is the subject of this small, 16” x 12” painting, done in oils on mounting board during September 2017. The base orange wash and under-painting of the subject are done in acrylic paint. As an experiment I deliberately did not apply the finished paint up to the edges, but left the under-painting exposed instead.

The horse is based upon a photograph taken within the New Forest national park, Hampshire, UK.

The artwork can be seen in more detail here.

Working on closeup 35

Working on closeup 35

 A small snippet of a horse painting......

WIP horse head oil painting

 

Boy with Apple Tree

Boy with Apple Tree

A cartoon boy is sitting under a tree filled with giant apples, eating one of them. The tree is standing on a hill bathed in a gentle light.

Painted in Photoshop in August 2014.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/boy-with-apple-tree-martin-davey.html

Boy with Apple Tree-digital painting