WIP

It’s Thursday again

| Anna Cull

I’m in the middle of working on the large painting I mentioned last week ― a very exciting and all-consuming commission ― so until I have something else to show you, here are a few WIPs of ‘Thursday (Avon River)’…

WIP underpainting the basic composition
WIP underpainting the basic composition
WIP adding colour
WIP adding colour
WIP adding more colour
WIP adding more colour…
WIP getting bolder...
WIP getting bolder…
Thursday (Avon River) – acrylic on canvas, 510 x 760 mm, 2015. For sale at The Christchurch Art Show, June 2015.
until… Thursday (Avon River) – acrylic on canvas, 510 x 760 mm, 2015. SOLD

I had something quite different in mind when I started this ― yes, I wanted bold, but I hadn’t counted on there being an explosion in the paint factory. I’ve thought about tweaking it here and there, taming some of the bright colours and lightening the water, but my husband really likes it and won’t let me touch it again ; )

Shoot it, Sketch it: Moeraki (two) WIP

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Moeraki boulders #2, Koekohe Beach, 2013
Moeraki boulders #2, Koekohe Beach, 2013

I’ve been working on Moeraki boulders (two) over the last week and thought it would make a good WIP slideshow. The photographs (below) show inspiration, evaluation, exuberance, regret, pity and perseverance. I’ll post the last stage, abandonment, next week.

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This isn’t it

| Anna Cull
Work in progress #2 – adding colour, adjusting the composition
Work in progress #2 – adding colour, adjusting the composition
Work in progress # 3, detail – more colour, more texture (and quite a lot of paint)
Work in progress # 3, detail – more colour, more texture (and quite a lot of paint)

I had such a clear idea of what I wanted to see on my canvas ― and this isn’t it. But at least the end is now in sight… Click here to see WIP #1.

Shoot it, Sketch it: First impressions

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Dunedin, photo montage, 2013
Dunedin, photo montage, 2013
Work in progress # 1 – underpainting
Work in progress # 1 – underpainting

I was so impressed with Dunedin’s gorgeous architecture when we were there on holiday last month that I went mad taking photographs ― but then I couldn’t decide which one to paint first… So I arranged a few favourites based on a nine-square grid (editing it in Photoshop and adding a few extra cabbage trees here and there). And now I’m painting it. This may take a while.