Centennial Park

Watercolour on cartridge paper 10.5 x 15cm

Watercolour on cartridge paper 10.5 x 15mm

These are a couple of sketches done on a windy day in Centennial Park just before Christmas.

Wooden duck

Oil on canvas

This was done using a glazing technique to bring out the colours, especially of the wooden duck.

Boots and an egg

Oil on canvas  24.5 x 30cm

This is another exercise in glazing. The painting was first painted using thin opaque paint and then, when dry, transparent paint was applied over the top.  Except for the egg.  This was painted green and then flesh tones were applied over the green, leaving only a little green to show just on the turning point.

Still life with enamel jug

Oil on canvas 24.5 x 30cm

I painted this over an old picture that I wasn't happy with.

I have allowed some of the old picture to become part of the new and deliberately kept the paint loose.

There is always the difficulty in painting of knowing when to stop, and not overstating.  I have noticed that with some very finished and technically proficient work,  the viewer can feel shut out, as if there is nothing left for them to do: all the Is have been carefully dotted and the Ts crossed.