Today I started work on my large board. I have had the board for a while but I have been waiting for the right picture to start working on it. In my mind this is the piece that will form the basis of my degree show.
I picked an image I had taken from Dedham and I wanted to make sure the painting oozed character so I picked one which had direction to it. It was quite difficult to work on such a large painting in such a confided area because I couldn’t step back far enough and review it. I think that working on board is a much better decision in comparison to the canvas. The style of my painting works much better on the surface.
These images show the first stages of the board. At the moment I feel that it lacks any depth as it has only had one coat of paint, however I love the colours it depicts and deeper shades of the same colours will emphasise the piece even more. I think it is working really well with my trodden path concept and I am excited to see the final outcome of the piece. I plan to work on this gradually because I find that when I work on a painting too much I start to become obsessed with it. With my work sometimes less is more so I need to make sure i control this element.
