Thanks chaps
Great texture, never used it for cobbling though
There is a story to be told there, Raoul
Some progress, and some fun too,
Added the cover slips to the base and blended them in
Nobody respects my space or work station, especially the cats,
This is Daisy
Just got to pick the cat bum fur out of my tarmac road
Tried some shading which failed dismally
But it does go back to the beginning nice and easily
more of that shortly
And I have painted figure
The wet palette is back in use
Over the past year, I have thought long and hard about my figure painting and its demise, WHY?
I am not artistic in the slightest, I can follow a plan, understand a technique and am stubborn enough at times to keep
at it until it works,
At best it is 3D paint by numbers, there is no artistic flair, though I can dream, and keep trying, so
I have stopped the industrialization of figure painting, no multiple mixes in tubs of 5 highlight and shades,
trying to paint a dozen figures at once, just do one at a time and the variation of the colour mix will add to the reality,
as the shot of the combat blouson shows, they are all different.
So onward.
The wet palette
And it is English Uniform, Chris
The trousers
And the blouson is a slight variation, a splash of English tanker to add a little green
The finished figure, uniform wise
Belt, puttees and boots next
I'm reasonably happy with my first figure after my sabbatical
And more
The static grass has been really fun and looks quite good too
And the base and frame almost ready, weathering and feathering the join with the home made grass clumps
Quite a lot done
The next few weeks will be slower as I am back onto more normal shifts
But more painting for sure
Thanks for popping by
Regards
Steve H