The Making of a Painting "Nelson's Cement Wharf".
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Original 1920s photograph of Nelson's Cement Wharf, Stockton near Warwick. I Photo-shopped the original sepia photograph to sharpen it and gain a little more detail.
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The initial sketch moving items to show a better composition. The steam boat was moved to the left so the cabin lettering could be seen
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Starting on the canvas by under painting of tonal values to give a clearer basis of the planned painting.
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By blocking in some basic colours the composition starts to add form and balance and begins to add perspective.
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Starting furthest away with the sky, I work forward with the image although some areas of the foreground must be strengthened at the same time to keep control of the tonal perspective - as a rule as you come forward dark colours get darker and light colours get brighter.
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Almost finished but needs some life, as an old art teacher used to say "The human element"
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The final painting. Added a couple of figures and the horse and boat coming through the bridge. A happy client too!
