Entrance Hall, Eltham Palace- December 2012-January 2013 – This drawing was done as a practice at getting the feel for the detail and proportions of the rest of the entrance hall at Eltham Palace, in preparation for choosing another area of it to paint.
I wanted to draw it in great detail so it would be easy for me to retain the tonal values and light and dark areas when translating it into a painting.
I also wanted to record the fine detail so that I would have more to choose from when selecting the details that I wanted to include in the painting.
Next I chose the area that I wanted to translate into a painting. I began with the background, which I wanted to depict in a vague, abstract way so that the furniture appeared somewhat disembodied from the surroundings.
I also used brighter colours for this painting, for a more contemporary feeling, and was particularly inspired by the bold blues and pinks in Weischer’s Untitled (2001).
I completed this painting extremely quickly, in little over an hour, and think that it would be interesting to recreate it on a larger scale and in more detail for more impact.
