I've worked the quick sketch I did of large following seas into a finished painting. A smaller size than I usually work on, 27x40 cm, and I tried a more wet-on-wet approach with this one. I haven't concentrated on detail, but have gone for a more impressionistic approach:
I don't know how much more detail there was, but there is enough for me. It gives a good impression of what it must have been like to be on the rolling ship. The decking is very convincing.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of some paintings I have seen by John Singer Sargent, with the same view from the stern of a ship in rough sea.
Many thanks Keith; I regard Sargent as one of the greatest watercolourists. I'm fairly familiar with his work, but I can't recall offhand his marine paintings. I will have a look at these.
DeleteYes he was certainly a master. I was thinking of this painting he made from a voyage back from America.
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I have a book, "Sargent and the Sea" by Yale University Press, which has a number of sketches and paintings from his voyages. Not many watercolours though, unfortunately.
Just followed the link, thanks Keith. An interesting website, this. I also had in mind some of the Claude Muncaster paintings of ships at sea when I did this; his capture of the dazzling light is very impressive, I think.
DeleteI had forgotten about Claude Muncaster. Thanks for reminding me and yes, his seascapes are full of that bright light that you don't see in many paintings.
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