Looking good already ,i love watching the WIP ‘s

2 very good starts. I like the under painting on the Beaufighter. And the purple skies.

Both excellent pieces of work. Lots of action especially in the Hurricane. Ta John

It’s always a difficult stage ,especially on such a large canvas Don . I’ve got a Shackleton at much the same and can’t seem to summon the will to commit to the steps that will make it come to life .
Great sky you’ve got there , very natural.

That is some size painting.I guess it is critical that you keep stepping well back to keep an eye on it.I bet is is too easy to get engrossed in details and literally forget the bigger picture.

That is some size painting.I guess it is critical that you keep stepping well back to keep an eye on it.I bet is is too easy to get engrossed in details and literally forget the bigger picture.

That’s not big.! This is BIG!
My biggest painting I painted this wall in the Construction Camp while working at the building of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal on the Shetland islands in the early 1980’s. It is a very old photo and shows HMS BOUNTY at Tahiti. I used a litre tin of White Emulsion with several ‘Tester’ pots to mix the colours. So I suppose it was watercolour. It took a week of evenings about 18 hours and I was ‘paid’ 8 X 40oz bottles of spirits.( they didn’t last very long, I had some very thirsty mates! I often wonder what became of it as the two camps were pulled down when the terminal was completed.
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Only thing I did bigger would be the Pendant numbers on Ark Royal and Victorious, but they’re not as ‘pretty’