Storm at Sea by JMW Turner. I think this is the hardest painting I have copied since I joined Ed Sumner’s Cheese and Wine Painting Club almost a year ago now. I’ve done almost 40 and I’ve learnt so much from copying such a range of artists, but Turner has definitely been the most difficult for me. But probably the one I’ve learnt the most from as well. The complexity of his technique is staggering. They look simple but they’re definitely not.
Here are the stages of the painting. I nearly gave up about half way through, I wanted to paint the whole thing white and recycle the canvas, but I persevered when I realised that I needed to put masses more paint onto it. The real breakthrough came when I tried dabbing thick paint impasto style with the blunt end of a square brush. Something very specific, but it transformed the whole thing.
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I have some small screenprints for sale, inspired by my drawings of the taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these antique artifacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.
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Inspired by drawings of the taxidermy collection at Swansea Museum. I have given these antique artefacts a modern twist by combining them with images of rubbish – old fruit nets, bubble wrap and plastic – highlighting the problem of human pollution and how it affects wildlife.
20 percent of the cost of each screenprint sold goes to support Swansea Print Workshop, which receives no public funding.
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Oops hit the button too soon. Meant to say most would assume it’s mostly grey black and white. The warm underpainting was a surprise too, although I know this was a common way for him to tackle watercolours.
Yes, there’s quite a range of colour in it, knocked back at the end with thin white glazes 🙂
It is also staggering the range of colours that make up the painting. Most would
And uninformed people wonder why these things that look to them that their 5-year-old could do it are considered to be so complex. 🙄
I was thinking the same as I was working on it. It’s really hard to make an abstract look good
I finally read an excellent comeback to that irritating remark, which I plan to use the next time I hear it. It is “Yes, your 5 year old could do it, but could you?”
hahaha brilliant 😀
So interesting to see the stages Rose and the texture of the painting looks fantastic. So full of movement.
Thanks Helen, I learn a lot by recording the stages and looking back over them. I was despairing with this up to around photo 8 then it sort of came together 😀