Saturday 24 August 2013

First Painting In France

After spending some time making a much smaller, and lighter, pochade, and preparing salvaged canvas (again from the old swing) we went to France. The canvas was really convenient; I had primed it before we left- it was unstretched and really easy to transport. 
A few days into the holiday I did my first painting. We stayed in a gite in a small village called Thézan les Béziers, and this painting was done just outside the village. The vin yards in the area were dotted with these small stone buildings, obviously originally intended to store something. This one was a little graffitied, but I was struck by how it was catching the setting sun (this seems a long time ago as I sit here writing this, looking at the constant rain outside). I had noticed it the day before, when I photographed it against a very brooding, stormy sky.
Anyway, here is the painting, in stages, painted on salvaged canvas.
 The stone building.
 More drawing out, less blocking in than usual.








 The end of the session, walking back to the car.
The Finished painting, after I had worked back into it at home, adding the road and sign.

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