This painting was completed after completing Part Five and before the review meeting. I had planned two paintings, numbers 19 & 20, which I didn’t complete in numerical order. Therefore painting 20 appears before painting 19 in this blog.

The painting is part of the series of close ups of abandoned machinery which I have found. As with the previous paintings in this series I used a photograph as the guide. The subject is the same as Painting 17 ‘Radicon’ but taken from a different angle. For this particular painting I chose to depart from the colour palette of the photograph and be a little more creative with the colours that I used.

The approach I undertook to tackling the painting was that which I have used for previous. Starting with blocking in the main colours and tones and defining the basic shapes I gradually build up the detail by working, predominantly, from dark to light.

The work in progress.

This work is a good addition to the series which now consists of three finished pieces. What I particularly like about this painting the contrast between the darkest and lightest areas and how these are balance by the mid tones with their vibrant colours.

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