digital sketch from life of little boat moored

digital sketch from life of little boat moored

A few days later after the previous post featuring a digital sketch from life, I decided to do another one. It was of a boat moored in one of the local marinas and I painted it during a very sunny morning. I did find it difficult however. It was not the subject or the drawing that was the problem. It was that it was too difficult to see the colours I was painting because the screen on the surface pro was just reflecting the ambient light around, even though the screen was set up at maximum brightness.  Basically I was just guessing colours and painting with them though what I thought I was selecting as a colour and what the computer was creating were often not the same. Even so the little sketch was not too bad. I did attempt another sketch during the afternoon which was still very sunny. I only got so far when the battery went on the device so that was the end of that. I may finish the sketch based on my memory at some stage.
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digital sketch from life done on Surface Pro

Winter Fishing at Weston Shore, Southampton

Winter Fishing at Weston Shore, Southampton

A group of people are seen fishing in Southampton Water, on Weston Shore, Southampton, during a sunny winters afternoon. The shore is made up of shingle, and this location is near to the car park. On the opposite side of the water is a part of the port of Southampton where a 'Wallenius Wilhelmsen' ship is in dock, next to the distinctive silos which are a local landmark at the entrance to the port.

The painting is done in oils on a canvas board measuring 16” x 20”, and was painted during autumn 2013, based on a photo taken during January of that year.

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/winter-fishing-at-weston-shore-southampton-martin-davey.html

 

Winter Fishing at Weston Shore, Southampton oil painting

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

This oil painting shows a collection of yachts at Christchurch, on the River Stour. It is one of two Rivers that flow through the town, situated in Dorset, UK. It is the morning during an early summers day with few people at this time.

The painting is on a canvas sized at 16” x 20”, and painted 'wet into wet'.

Sailing Boats and Yachts on the River Stour Christchurch

http://martin-davey.artistwebsites.com/featured/sailing-boats-and-yachts-on-the-river-stour-christchurch-martin-davey.html

http://www.redbubble.com/people/martyee/works/11899666-sailing-boats-and-yachts-on-the-river-stour-christchurch