I have now finalised all my drawings and have managed to do some colour studies, to help in my tonal decision process, as per above example. I have actually totally disregarded the above for now and will be sticking to a much more 'earthen' theme for my paintings - not to say that I will not use these pictures in some way in the future...
My end of year show will soon be upon me (probably last week of June this year) and I have about 19 weeks left (give or take) to finish everything of. There are lots of holidays within those weeks such as half terms, Easter, Royal Wedding, etc...so for me it is full steam ahead.
I have created stencils of the drawings so that they can be transferred onto their support. The 'support' has now been created and consists of a background made with casting slip and transferred onto a wooden base, so that the work becomes more permanent, as per examples below:
The next step is to seal the slip by applying a layer of vanish subsequent to which I am ready to add the base colour coat. I have chosen a metal base, which will be tamed by layers of vanishes. Here is a sneaky peak at the first base coat:
The final work will look something like this:
Won't bore you with the how and why, you can just come to my end of year show and ask me in person!
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