One of my new year’s resolution is to do a small painting in oils each week, on top of any other projects.
So this is the beginning of my own “A painting a week” series.
Week 1.
“Twin doors, somewhere in Verwood”
I like walking around and I have some routes I follow when I have a walk. One day I decided to walk one of the routes going the other way around, from finish to start. This made me notice this house, once probably symmetrical, but now having a very balanced asymmetry.
The moment I saw it I knew I have to paint, but it was only two weeks later I managed to take a decent photo of the place.
I did the painting in the studio, started on Sunday 1st of January 2017 and completed on Saturday 7th of January.
After a few sketches, I did an under drawing in pencil, then on Monday I put in the first layer of colours.
During the week, I did the wall, windows and the doors. I wasn’t happy with the brick wall, so I refined it on Saturday, before I put in all the details and the foreground.
So, here it is, the 1st painting of the series.
“Twin doors, somewhere in Verwood”
Oil on linen.
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”)