Here is an image of my latest painting. It is a development of my ink drawing ‘Eltham Palace Chair’.
In this painting, I have been experimenting with applying my paint more smoothly, to create a smooth and blended effect, a move which was inspired by some of the artists I have been looking at, such as Weischer and Dalwood.
Initially I tried applying thin layers of acrylic to create this effect, and smoothing any ridges with kitchen towel, or sanding them slightly after the paint had dried.
However, as I began to build my layers up I found this method increaingly difficult, and realised that the acrylics were drying too quickly for the way that I was painting this time (adding large blocks of colour and then working bck into them to refine and alter the tone). For this reason, I decided to switch to using water-based oils at this point, which I found much easier for my purpose.
Because oils are much slower-drying than acrylics, I still have work to do on the chair in particular, so have decided to leave this one for now and continue with other work meanwhile.
