HMNZS Wellington - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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May 16, 2018 at 9:47 pm #456177
faminz
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Not a plane (Im sorry a bit!) but I have a commission to complete 3 New Zealand navy ships (Wellington, Southland and Te Kaha) so have started F69 (Wellington).
Its been a while since I got ninto the paint as I retired 1st April and have really only just surfaced from the craziest busy month!
My advice to potential retirees is .. DONT! unless you have allowed for needing twice the work energy to fit everything you need to do into a day!
My wife has a list every day.. I wish I could find the source document for that and hide it!
anyway here’s a start at Wellington, very rough at the moment but should start to get more and more detail soon..

Don, I see youre getting into seascapes now (and very nice too) Im going to need some feedback on my sea as it gets more detail.. all those little waves fading into the distance and the rolling of the wake! Dark or light colours first?
May 17, 2018 at 5:11 am #623631
gollum
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Watching with anticipation :thumbsup:
May 17, 2018 at 5:43 am #623624
Trumper
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Thats powerful already
May 17, 2018 at 7:34 am #623633
Sparticus
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Great start!

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May 17, 2018 at 8:13 am #623622
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Don, I see youre getting into seascapes now (and very nice too) Im going to need some feedback on my sea as it gets more detail.. all those little waves fading into the distance and the rolling of the wake! Dark or light colours first?[/QUOTE]

Going by your HMNZS CANTERBURY it should be you dishing out advice!.
Jim
May 17, 2018 at 12:05 pm #623620
Gray539
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What a great start, faminz.
May 17, 2018 at 1:05 pm #623617
NeilF92
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Looking good alreadory.
May 17, 2018 at 4:14 pm #623621
Shamrock15
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Very energetic start. I would resist the urge to super detail on it as it may diminish that energy.

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May 20, 2018 at 1:35 pm #623626
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Great start and I love the perspective. Looking forward to seeing it evolve.

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June 24, 2018 at 10:44 pm #623627
faminz
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finally managed another couple of days painting (well I say days but more like 3 – 4 hrs in total)!!

Admittedly very similar perspective to the Canterbury but seeing as its for the same chap Im thinking consistency is good!

Amazing how the sea starts to come together with apparently random brush strokes based on a black and white reference pic!
July 3, 2018 at 8:06 pm #623628
faminz
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done bar final glazing..
what do you all think? Anything obvious Ive missed? (the commissioner served on her so….)

Ps this is a simple photo taken with my SX50HS Canon inside under white fluorescent lights and rezized to 700 pixels wide., so a bit fuzzy..
July 4, 2018 at 3:01 am #623623
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Excellent, certainly looks like a Leander Class Frigate. Sea is well painted too.
They should be happy with it, but don’t be surprised if they come up with some detail they know about, that you don’t, unless you served in the ship. I have had ‘Oh!,our Whaler was painted yellow from 1962!’
Jim
July 4, 2018 at 4:18 am #623625
Trumper
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As a painting i think it is fabolous but as Jim says the people who served would see things differently.The final yes should be something to be proud of.
July 5, 2018 at 11:31 pm #623629
faminz
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Thanks for kind comments.. This is the final scan.. Now to box it up and get it away… (and now on to the Southland!)
July 6, 2018 at 3:12 am #623618
NeilF92
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Turned out well !
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