Italian Farm
Hey there Everyone! Italian farm in oils on canvas board Here I am back to painting in oils which I adore. This painting was quite the challenge for me as I’m hopeless at buildings and usually avoid them at all costs as I can’t draw a straight line to save my life. But then who is to say buildings have to have perfectly straight lines? I think they have much more character if they are wonky ;) what do you think? I began as usual with toning the ground and this time used pale blue rather than my usual yellow ochre. I wanted to see if it made a difference. It might be a good experiment to do the same painting using one warm and then one cool ground and compare the two. But that’s an experiment for another day. Drawing the buildings took longer than I usually take as it was important to get the shapes right because those buildings are going to be my centre of interest. I then got straight into the block in, which soon showed up my lack of skill with straight lines, but not to worry