This is my finished painting of the Nags Head Pub entitled "Usk In Bloom." I delivered it to Gallery In The Square today for their exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Gallery. I have since framed it, which makes it look even better. It was still very wet when I delivered it. There were some brilliant scenes of Usk in the Gallery, lots of different scenes and lots of talented artists to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Well worth a visit.
This is one of my Poppy paintings on the new style background. I think it works quite well and I will definately be using this on some more paintings.
This is a technique I have been working on for the backgrounds of my flower paintings. I have been using acrylic paint for this as it dries quicker than the oils, therefore allowing me to proceed with the next stage of the painting much sooner. As you can see from the photographs I start by painting the whole canvas in yellow, then a couple of coats of a light green, quite watered down so I can build up a couple of layers. After that has dried I splash the darker green paint onto the canvas, then lightly drag a large bristle brush up the canvas to create the final effect. I have just finished 2 paintings of poppies where I used this technique on the background and am quite pleased with the results.
