Yesterday and today I've been back in the studio trying to finish off the Nungate picture. We have to hand in our pictures for Cockenzie House a week today, so today was the day I felt I needed to have all pictures for 3 Harbours finished.
In order to warm up a bit I did another big sketch of the same subject - started in charcoal and added pencil and white conte. When I had finished, today, it looked like this.
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Nungate Bridge - Drawing |
Then it was back to the painting. I find it so difficult when I'm trying to improve on a picture and not lose what I consider to be the good bits. That's where my tendency to overwork a picture kicks in. So this time I spent a bit of time looking at the picture and noted down that I wanted to tone down the sky, 'improve' the stonework on the bridge (really by toning it down a bit), and adding more interest to the stonework under the arches. It was only at this point that I realised the picture is absolutely full of stonework of different types - coursed rubble in the bridge, random rubble of the river wall and a mixture of rubble in the house. Anyway, by the time I had finished today, it looked like this.
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Nungate Bridge - Painting - Finished? |
A very interesting exercise. Which is better - drawing or painting? I suppose they are just different - not comparing like with like. The question I must address now is whether or not I should get the picture framed ready for 3 Harbours. The composition is quite strong, but maybe my painterly treatment just not exciting enough...
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