This is my studio oil painting I made just using earlier sketches and a watercolour. See previous image.
It shows the childrens pirate ship, set beside the willow trees, on the banks of the river Stour, at a nearby country park.
I usually paint ‘en plein air’ so this was a new departure for me. I’m not excited by the composition and the lack of quick rapid mark making, so will need to practice working in the studio a lot more.
This is my studio oil painting I made just using earlier sketches and a watercolour. See previous image. It shows the childrens pirate ship, set beside the willow trees, on the banks of the river Stour, at a nearby country park. I usually paint ‘en plein air’ so this was a new departure for me. I’m not excited by the composition and the lack of quick rapid mark making, so will need to practice working in the studio a lot more.
Louise Balaam - Monthly Landscape Painting
Thank you Louise. That’s very helpful. J
Hi Julian, great to see this painting and the sketch, and well done for trying a new approach- not easy when you have an established painting practice. Really like your drawing, and the painting is amazing given it was all done from memory. Your existing skills really come out – I love the lighter sky area behind the mast. This kind of subject is quite a challenge for right-brain mode, because the boat is a definite object which you’ll want to get right, which means you’re more likely to slip into left-brain mode – it’s harder to do that fast expressive mark-making unless you aim for a much more simplified impression of the boat. I really like the composition btw, I like the way the tress arch into the space and the different angles of the trees are nicely varied. Very nice gestural brushstrokes suggesting the foliage against the light, that’s really working well. I’m never sure about the way handedness relates to right-brain btw, must look it up!