After the success of last term's brick wall, I've moved onto another textural project. From a box of source material bought in by Ian, I chose this snapshot of a dilapidated shed (taken in Peterborough, don't you know) a week ago. I though the flaking paintwork, rust, foliage etc would pose an exciting challenge. It's very much a working progress - as with the brick wall, I'm taking my time on this - but here's a sneak peak of two week's worth painting. This is my first attempt at a landscape in oils, and I'm really enjoying it (I was apprehensive, nature-phobe that I am). Popped into the library in the last half hour of today's lesson, to look at Stanley Spencer's work for inspiration. His English garden scenes are wonderful, striking a fine balance between the illustrative and the painterly; I'd like to capture something of his delicacy and surface treatment with this work.
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