Lanzerote sunset study

I have been practicing with watercolours in recent days and using a 1 inch flat brush, in an effort to be as loose as possible with washes.  It is quite difficult to add detail with this size brush,  so it limits any detail one might be tempted to add. The study is a beach sunset on Lanzerote, where one half of the sky was blue and the other half a golden yellow. Watercolour on Bockingford 200 lbs paper  11x15 ins.

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Lambs 2

Lambs 2, oil impasto and texture on linen panel. I would say this painting is slightly surreal in the choice of colours. It is based on a previous work and I wanted to push the boundaries with texture and colour. 8x10x0.4 ins

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Waiting

Travellers waiting for a connection at a train station. An experimental rework of an older painting. Impasto and palette knife using medium for effects and texture. Oil on linen on birch panel 8x10 ins.

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Two farmers

Purely an experimental work, of two farmers having a discussion. Heavy impasto with medium, oil on canvas using a palette knife. 8x10 ins

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Simple landscape

A simple composition of houses, fields and the sky. I normally do not use medium in my oil painting, other than thinning the paint in the initial stages with odourless mineral spirits (OMS), but in this case I used Neo Megilp to help create a bit of texture. Use the medium thinly. Oil on linen on 9 mm birch panel 6x8 ins.

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Using clear gesso as a ground.

The study today, is of three figures getting ready to get into a boat. I just wanted to demonstrate the potential of using clear gesso on hardboard as a ground and exploiting  the warm middle tone of the hardboard. Acrylic on gessoed hardboard 7.5x10 ins.

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Waterford street

An experimental impasto oil  painting of a figure in a Street in Waterford, Ireland. I used a palette knife to create the effects of light and shadow, along with some megilp medium. The megilp sets up pretty quickly, being an alkyd based medium and the surface becomes a little tacky after a while, but 3-4 days to dry.

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