These two subjects go in conjunction with one another as one grew from the other. The initial intention was to paint rows of flags and I commenced with studies of these on a somewhat mountainous background. I was struggling with the brush mark and eventually abandoned the flags to revisit at a later date.
I then concentrated on the landscape and made a couple of small studies that I will develop and enlarge.
The first of these studies is the background for the flag painting; the other two are smaller studies. The first has been concluded with a blue hue in the sky and some foreground work, the second has an experimental snow working that will be developed in a much larger painting.
I have chosen a canvas 1500mm x 1200mm to execute the first of the larger landscape paintings and have cut a piece of 160gm paper to this size to make an initial study. These are in preparation for a very large landscape on a canvas that I wish to use that has been abandoned by a former student at the university, if I am quick enough to score it.
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