Working on closeup 74

Working on closeup 74

A small snippet of a Southampton park landscape painting...

closeup working progress 10

closeup working progress 10

A small snippet of a gothic horror illustration....

St Paul's Cathedral London in early Autumn - WIP stages

St Paul's Cathedral London in early Autumn - WIP stages

Stages of the oil painting of St Pauls, in central London

St Paul's cathedral, situated in central London is the famous subject of this painting, created during late 2019 and early 2020. The building is seen from Cannon Street, with various buses using the road. The panel above shows three stages of the painting in progress. In the first panel can be seen the drawing of the scene, done in dark brown acrylic paint on a brown ground or 'wash'. Tonally bright areas, such as the sky, have been painted in white acrylic paint. The idea at this stage is to suggest the underlying forms in the painting and how the tones will work throughout the image. Moving on the second panel shows a half way stage where colours have been added using diluted oil paint. This is the under-painting, and the colours are there to give an indication of the placement of the paint and there tonal range. The final panel now shows the finished painting. Here the paint has been applied over the previous paint in a thicker, but more careful manner. At the same time details are painted in. The artwork of this London scene can be seen in greater detail by following this link.

Southampton Common view towards Hill Lane - oil painting

Southampton Common view towards Hill Lane - oil painting

Completed painting of strollers at Southampton Common art

 A late summers scene at Southampton Common is the subject of this oil painting, sized at 20” x 16” and painted on canvas. The view is looking west with the busy Hill Lane running across the picture hidden behind the trees in the distance, the painting showing the west entrance/ exit for the common. The 'Bellemoor' pub is just beyond the entrance as is the residential area of Shirley. Some trees have started to shed their leaves and the early evening shadows are quite long at this time of year. This painting was partly done in public during a publicity event at the Marlands Shopping centre, Southampton during late January/ early February 2020, where the public were encouraged to ask questions about the artwork as it was worked upon.The painting can be seen in greater detail on this link.

St Paul's Cathedral London in early Autumn - oil painting

St Paul's Cathedral London in early Autumn - oil painting

Completed oil painting of St Pauls cathedral, London.

The world famous landmark of St Paul's cathedral, London, is the subject of this oil painting, created in late December 2019 and finished off a few days in to the New Year. The building is shown in early autumn light from a south easterly aspect. The main road populated by mainly buses, including one of the famous new Routemaster buses ( Boris Bus) is Cannon Street. The building itself has hosted various important public events and is a big landmark in the city. It was the tallest building until 1967. Its designer was Sir Christopher Wren, who also built a number of London's famous churches surrounding the area. Work was started not long after the fist St Paul's was destroyed in the great fire of London in 1666, and was opened for use in 1711.

The artwork is painted in oils on acid free mounting board, as is sized at 33” x 23”. It can be seen in greater detail on this link.

Working on closeup 73

Working on closeup 73

A small snippet of a park based painting...

Southampton old cemetery looking west early autumn - oil painting

Southampton old cemetery looking west early autumn - oil painting

Landscape painting of a westerly view of the Cemetery.

Southampton's 'old' cemetery is approximately 27 acres in size and was opened during the 1840s in the town of Southampton, on the southern coast of the UK. Now in the 21^st century it sees very little use due to a lack of space. Some parts have been reclaimed by nature which adds an additional level of beauty and interest with views of headstones covered in ivy and bramble. This painting show a view over the cemetery looking west, with Hill Lane running parallel behind the viewer. It is painted on canvas sized at 30” x 20”, and completed during December 2019 over a couple on months due to other projects. This graveyard oil painting can be seen in better detail by following this link.