SECOND TIME AROUND – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

I posted this painting, An Autumn Morning in Ainsdale Woods, in 2014 and it was around this time that I sold the original. A week ago a gentleman from Stockholm in Sweden wanted an electronic copy for a wall image in an office complex that they were rennovating. So for a small fee I am sending him a file of this image. I always keep a reasonable sized file of all my work as, in the past, I have had had people rejecting small files for publication and if you have sold the original there isnt much you can do to supply an image that meets their needs. I did think that the size of this file was too small for his purpose, but he was happy that the 5Mbyte file was large enough. He will send me an image of the layout when the project is complete. It will be interesting to see the work in another context.

Other woodland scenes and landscapes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

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THE AUTUMN SUN SWEEPS AINSDALE WOODS – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

A few loose washes and plenty of splattered masking fluid got this off to a good start. I wanted the smokey luminosity of low autumn sunlight and it seems to have worked at least for the top half. A very similar subject to an earlier painting I posted , but not surprising as they both were from images taken on the same day, but I like the air of mystery in this one.

Other woodland scenes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

DEEPER INTO THE WOODS – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

Following on with my woodland series and again featuring the golden birches amid the conifers. I dont think the yellows and oranges work too well against the dull greens so some of the punch is lost. Perhaps I should have reserved more white. Anyway, you can but try.

Other woodland scenes and landscapes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

SUNSHINE IN AINSDALE WOODS – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

I apologise for another version of sunlight through trees on consecutive blogs, but in mitigation they are in different media.

I mentioned in previous blogs about walking with a group of French visitors who had come to Southport. On the Saturday we had a sunny walk, taking lunch on the beach at Formby.  I posted a painting I did of the scene on 24th October. This is another painting based on views I saw, that day, on our way to lunch, walking through the woods to Formby and then on to the beach. I have done another, very different version of  these woods. I’ll post that in my next blog.

I tried to keep this painting very loose; spraying the paper with water and then throwing paint into the dampened area after which I then drew into and painted with a brush. As I was building up layers of paint I spayed in masking fluid both on dry and damp paper at differing times of painting, so the masking fluid covered different colours and tones.

Other scenes of Southport, Liverpool and Formby are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

 

WALK IN THE WOODS 2 – ACRYLIC PAINTING

Following my watercolour sketch – Walk in the Woods – I presented a week or so ago, I thought that I would develop it a little.  I liked the bands of light and shade created by the beeches in this wood on The Southdowns Way, close to the Cuckmere Valley. I mentioned in the blog that I took some pictures of passing walkers and I put in a couple with their sticks. I also kept the colours muted and resisted my urge to bang in some scarlet amongst the greens. Not sure whether it has the impact of my Dog Walkers where I succumbed to the scarlet urge – but maybe I got some of the calm I experienced on the day. Hope it calms you, also.

Other landscapes and woodland scenes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com or grahammcquadefineart.co.uk

INTO THE WOODS – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

Another woodland painting and another repeat – I have put versions of this on the blog before. Certainly a little tighter than the previous blog of the woodland scene with no splattering; using brushes only, but I am pleased with the luminosity resulting. This is down to the layering of washes.

If I remember on my previous attempts I tried a loose approach which lost the constant tonal changes throughout the piece and resulted in taking out and scratching back. Slowly building up those changes this time seems to have paid off without it becoming overly fussy.

Other woodland and landscape paintings are available on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com

OVER THE FLOWING FIELDS – WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

           I have noticed that there is less of an appetite for landscape these days. This has come about by observing other people’s superb work languishing in exhibitions. It seems that unless there is a connection with a particular view there is no interest. But I must say I love painting them. This is based on a view I saw looking over a fence in Berkshire the other week. I love the lush foliage and the shocks of light and shade – so I’ll go on painting them even if no one is too bothered.

Other  landscapes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com or get one commissioned – I have very reasonable rates.