Boer War again. Showing the drummer boy in the last, the
piper here seemed a nice companion piece. Bagpipes are a marmite instrument, I
think but I find them rather stirring. Apart from anything else I wanted to do
a better job with the colour of the khaki uniforms of the soldiers than I did
with the previous picture. This was another one I took just a few process
photos of
Stage 1 – once again, I started by painting in the blocks
of colour of the main shapes, all in very light shades that I could paint over
or leave as they were depending on the effect that I wanted to achieve.
Stage 2
I added the first slightly darker layers of shading to the
different areas of the painting.In some part sof the painting I would add
another two layers onto the two that have already been applied in this
photograph.
Stage 3
Darker layers added and now the figure has far more
substance, particularly noticeable in the detailing of the kilt. The picture is
really all about the figure, and I had deliberately left the background, which
is pretty basic and featureless, to the end.
Last stage
A few last details give the figure a tiny bit more
definition. A basic sandy background, and a basic lilac sky. I added the shadow
beneath the figure and signed and numbered the painting. By now all that
remains is to remove the masking tape.
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