Hampshire sunset with boats - WIP stages

WIP of sunset marine scene set in Hampshire

This painting shows a marine scene in the city of Southampton, UK. The area is populated with old boat wrecks, some sunk and some still floating but taken over by people living on them.

The first panel shows the scene drawn with acrylic brown paint on a lighter brown wash. White paint is used to indicate some lighter areas in tone, for instance the sky. Moving on to the second panel, colour has been added using diluted oil paint, applied thinly to indicate areas of colour. Detail is not worked on at this stage as this is an underpainting layer, due to be painted over.. After a week the paint is dry so more paint is added on top. This time the paint is a lot thicker, with virtually no thinners mixed in, and the colour is a truer version of the final required vibrancy and tone. Also the brushwork is a lot finer and detail is added at this stage. Lastly the final panel shows the completed painting. This last stage also included a layer of glazing on top, which is like a thin amount of paint suspended in a lot of transparent oil medium, used to emphasize colour. It is similar to placing tinted glass or a coloured photographic filter on top of the artwork.

The painting was done during late summer 2020 and sized at 16” x 20”, and can be seen in greater detail on this link.

 

Southampton Northam summer evening across the Itchen - WIP stages oil painting

Southampton Northam summer evening across the Itchen - WIP stages oil painting

WIP of southampton River Itchen landscape oil painting

This landscape painting features a view in Northam, an area of the east part of the city of Southampton, during a summers evening. It is mainly an industrial area that has been marine based for a number of centuries. The river flowing through the scene is the River Itchen, which goes on to and runs through Winchester, another city a few miles away also based in Hampshire. It is late summer and the tidal river is at low tide revealing the mudflats covers with abandoned boats. In the distance can be seen a small scrap carrying ship, a dry stack for boats, and in the extreme distance is the suburb of Bitterne, with houses going up the hilly landscape.

The painting is created in oils, and the support is primed mounting board, with an image size of 20” x 28”. It was completed during June 2018, and can be seen here.