Silver Street Bridge, Cambridge
Final painting. Oil 8"x12"
This is a classic view in Cambridge, and I painted this last Saturdayafternoon at around 4pm. The place was heaving with tourists. The irony is that I had gone round quite a lot of central Cambridge the same morning taking reference photos to help me select places to visit again. This was one of them, but at 7.30 am there wasn’t a person there.
I finished this painting off in the studio. The next image is how far I got with it on site. I’m not sure if I don’t prefer the painting at an earlier stage. I’d really appreciate any comments. Here it is:
After one hour on site. Oil 8"x12"
Here is the nearby reference photo I took early in the morning with no-one around, no sun, and all the punts tied up waiting for customers to arrive.
I LOVE the way you have done the water in this; the final piece is definitely better. I love using oils, and am intrigued how you get to paint so much “on the spot” while out travelling around; especially considering how much mess I seem to make with my oil painting and the clean-up after!
rach said this on September 5, 2009 at 8:50 pm |
That gives me an idea – some advice on how to clean up oils in a hurry! Thanks Rachel, I’ll give it some thought and do a post
noelgarner said this on September 7, 2009 at 11:27 am |
Thanks Noel, I would really appreciate and look forward to that post! I just randomly came across your artist website too…which led me here. Wow – some fantastic pieces! Very inspiring. Thank you.
rach said this on September 15, 2009 at 11:01 pm |