Barbara Smith

Doubtful Sound completed.

barbara — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:56:48 +0000

Lastly I add the foreground and finishing touches to the water.

Doubtful Sound

barbara — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:53:32 +0000

Now the real work begins, putting in the bush detail.

I use the base colour and add naples yellow, yellow ochre and sap green progressivly as I move towards the foreground of the painting. Beginning at the most distant point I follow down ridges and in doing so form valleys.

I have taken this photo under lights so the colours are not true.

Doubtful Sound

barbara — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:17 +0000

Here I have underpainted with a base colour establishing distance and light source.

Doubtful Sound

barbara — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:43 +0000

This is a painting I did before I started my blog.

Stage one as usual is going over my drawing in Alizarin and turps.

The Earnslaw and the Miners Band

barbara — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:52:54 +0000

I have had time to paint again so an update at last.

The Miners Band

barbara — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:22:42 +0000

Worked on detail of the Earnslaw today and started the foreground.

The Miners band

barbara — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:32:50 +0000

I have started blocking in some background colour.

The Miners band

barbara — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:45:03 +0000

This was an opportunity too good to miss – The historic Earnslaw of Queenstown and the Arrowtown Miners band together on the steamer warf.It will be a challenge.

The drawing and wash of alizarin crimson has been done.

Lake Wakatipu completed

barbara — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:18:50 +0000

I have added warmth to the sky and highlights on the mountains and worked on the foreground rocks and water.

The black background has been good for this area however I think I will stick to white canvas in future.

Wakatipu

barbara — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:46:35 +0000

Starting to get some detail into the painting .

Painting in the rocks – some of which will be covered with a blue wash later

to look as though they are under the water.