25 Up until Sunday 22nd June I had painted every day during the challenge, although this does not mean that I completed a painting every day. However on the Sunday I wasn’t at all well with a bad stomach. Well Ifelt on the mend on the 23rd. Having lost the day on the Sunday I was still two pictures ahead of schedule. In 2023 I made a couple of pictures based on films. Now, we all have films we love which aren’t necessarily great films and one of mine is Cliffhanger. I think it’s a great, although at times rather silly, action movie, and if it’s on the telly then that’s it, I’m settling down to watch it. I did mention previously about how I’m afraid one of these last few pictures will be rubbish and spoil the set. Well this one is fine, thankfully.
26 I did actually begin this one before the Cliffhanger picture. It’s my (very inferior) copy of a painting by my favourite watercolour artist, Thomas Schaller. I waned to apply colours across the paper which I would then leave to dry so I could paint on it. I started Cliffhanger while waiting for the paper to dry and enjoyed it so much that I didn't come back to this until I had actually finished the Cliffhanger painting. This shows the aerial tramway from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island in New York City. I rode on this in 2024, and the view on the ride back to Manhattan is out of this world. I think that if you pressed me for a definitive answer to the question – apart from London – which is the favourite city you have ever visited – I would say New York. As I said with number 24, I do think I learned quite a bit from trying this. If it encourages anyone to go and have a look at the original, the that’s a real bonus.
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