venice-london. FINISHED!!!!

[ScottF]

Looks very promising! I´m looking forward to the next stages!

[michaelw]

Thank's for the interest Scott!

will update later today.

[D Akey]

No shying away from detail for you. Enjoy. Could be great for a portfolio.

[michaelw]

It'll definitely be a challenge!

I'm not going as detailed as a Canaletto, but hope to imply that level of detail to get that kind of feel...

Still "umming and ahhing" over what sort of palette to give this one though. I have a shortlist of three... It'd be great to do the same scene with all of them as an exercise, but I won't have time for that! then again that'd be a great set for the portfolio...

[michaelw]

canaletto...

[michaelw]

first colour blockut:

[Rowena]

Very impressive, I like where you are going with this idea...
But I hope you don't forgo the lively quality you got in the line work of those sketches, that line has a lively effect, its a very cool narrative to your project I would say - it reminds me of the way Delacriox could do that, use speedy sketch lines as a way of describing so much detail but never boring the viewer for a moment. someone else was J.S.Sargent. His watercolors of Venice make the likes of dear Canaletto a bit of a yawn. I scanned in part of Sargent's watercolor (scanner too small to include the whole thing), and you can see how his use of line is a narrative about so very much thats going on in the picture.

Looking forward to seeing your next results

[michaelw]

That sargent piece is gorgeous! I definately aim to get that sense of romantic decay in evidence... I ve lost some of the "London" ness and it's not clear as it is how the original aim will manifest itself as it stands... I still have high hope though as it's early days yet....

here's an update.

[michaelw]

I feel I should point out that the contrast is a bit whacked because i plan to paint thin washes if mist to get a real sense of "moisture in the air" that is tangible..

[michaelw]

the left hand side is sketched in now... I'll move on to the right side now then the figures....

I've added a bit of mist already.