Rooftop WIP

Rooftop WIP
(Acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 in)

Something else begun last Friday at Gateshead Art Society. I'm finding my way with this one, not quite certain where it will lead. I'm interested in the way the shadows may not correspond with the light source.

Work Yard WIP

Work Yard WIP

(Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in)

The first few hours at Gateshead Art Society today left me with this scrubby start to a new, quite complicated painting of a work yard just round the corner from where I live.

I’m genuinely encouraged and find myself becoming more interested in the mundane urban imagery around me.

 

Night Moorings

 

Night Moorings

(Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in)

Finished today. This was one of those times when I begin to question if the photograph I'm using as subject matter is just a good photograph and not really suitable as painting subject matter. But I persevered, made changes (mostly to the sky) and ended with something I find satisfactory.