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It’s a sunny Sunday and having spent time doing painting of the DIY kind this morning, I’m about to go outside into the garden and do some weeding. Before heading out I thought I’d paint something in yellow, a colour I don’t use much. My initial thought was to add some purple over the top of this but now I see it in the sun, I’m not so sure. Maybe I’ll make another later and experiment with purple on that one.
This is a painting for my loving, supportive, wise friend and wife, Carole. Her favourite colour is blue, and the image is intended to symbolise movement, a journey, hence the title – Direction of Travel.
The painting is 20cm x 38cm, acrylic on canvas. I painted this in several layers, over several days, trying to add light and shade and through the thickness of paint, a little depth too. I rarely use acrylic paint – and I really enjoyed making this so I will make more use of this medium in future.
Here is my first attempt at using something other than a brush to apply paint. This is a picture made with acrylic paint on canvas board using knives. I gave the picture to Carole this morning as a 20th anniversary gift. For the time being it has …
Here is my first attempt at using something other than a brush to apply paint. This is a picture made with acrylic paint on canvas board using knives. I gave the picture to Carole this morning as a 20th anniversary gift.
For the time being it has pride of place in our kitchen.
