this paintging id from the start of this project, around the same time as my 1st sketchbook pages, but forgot to post. i used a photo which i took last year of an old rail bridge which crosses the river nearby.
i started with a background that was mostly a blue-teal with some areas of variation of colour and tone. on top of this i used thin layers of acrylic to create shape and texture.
i spwnd time this week researching ways that i can create texture and the appearance of decay and ware in my paintings and experimented with these in my sketchbook. i used a technique which involved putting a layer of pva between layers of paint, putting a 2nd layer of acrylic on top of wet pva causes it to appear cracked.
i also did a small painting in my skwtchbook of an image which caught my eye online of a phone box which has been taken over by plants, and am interested in taking this mage further.
As a part of my primary research , I took photographs of empty spaces and abandoned places whivh i thought would work for the theme of my work around leicester.
