The Current Dickens paintings of manuscripts are oil on small mdf panels, slightly curved at the edges (fig 1) and painted grey on the side as was the ‘Household Words’ (fig2)
I painted the first layers in acrylic drawing on detail then using a varnish to seal the pencil lines I painted in Oil. These early phases are shown here.
I am working on the original manuscript in the home studio, its portrait and very small but focuses the open binding lying open on a fabric bookrest in the V&A conservation department.
I am working on the photocopy manuscripts at my current studio in Bermondsey, which lie open stacked on each other and on foam on the desk of the national art library.
