Tuesday 15 July 2014

'Good Evening M'lady'

Good Evening M'lady
Watercolour / Gouache
24 x 31cm

I had lots of fun bringing my rag and bone badger and lamplighter weasel characters together for this painting. There is no doubt that I have benefited re-using two characters in a new painting, the turn around was slightly quicker than normal because most of the colour decisions had already been made in previous paintings and the overall atmosphere is lifted straight from 'Rag & Bone'. You could say half of the image had already been painted before I even picked up my brushes.

I wonder if the lamplighter managed to catch the eye of the flower seller in the end?



Monday 7 July 2014

'Lounging About' Work In Progress

A good day's painting, the under-painting done and basic blocking in well under way.
Dappled light is always a challenge

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Good Evening M'lady WIP

I'm currently working on this painting called 'Good Evening M'lady'. A couple of likely lads trying their best to catch the flower seller's eye.
Is she stifling a smile?
You may recognise the weasel from this and the badger from 'Rag And Bone' below:
He could do with a bath.
I down tools tomorrow because I'm shooting to London to get some much needed reference photos and to meet up with an old friend who really needs to update his twitter.