Large Venice painting, 150cm x 100cm – in progress
Mark Sofilas
Mark Sofilas is a contemporary artist, painting landscapes and urban scenes from his studio in Leeds, UK.
Here are a couple of progress images of a new large scale Venetian painting of the Grand canal. It is oils on canvas & measures 150cm x 100cm.
Always good to get the canvas covered, image one. Blocking in the structure of the piece is next, image two. This is where I begin to develop the energy of the painting. New progress images on the way soon.
A third progress image shows contrast & more impressionistic detail/marks slowly being added. A fun part of the process. Stay tuned.
Image 4 shows further development with regards to colour & more mark making. My aim is to keep building & overlaying with more interesting marks where, hopefully, it will all pull together in the end.
More to come…….
Image 5 is a continuation of adding marks & also blocking in some lights to help to create the overall tonal values. Back soon.
Image 6 shows a progression/change in tonal values, with the adding of darks & lights to create the drama. More detail is also being added.
It’s a case of to-ing & fro-ing until the right overall balance is achieved. Not always linear.
Until next time….
Just added image 7 which shows detail being added to buildings, ie windows etc albeit however, in an impressionistic manner. Incremental additions from here on, working towards a nice balance of realism & impressionism.
Image 8 shows more detail being added overall but in particular to the water. Still work to be done to this area but it’s at a stage where it can be left for now & I can move onto other parts of the painting. This helps in keeping the energy of the painting evenly spread throughout.
I will be back with the next stage soon.
With image 9 you’ll see that I have added more detail, albeit loose & as graphic as possible, without becoming too abstract. It’ is a linear process up to a point then it becomes a case of to-ing & fro-ing to create the right overall balance. More to come….
I have finished the painting after quite a bit of finessing & mark-making. Really pleased withe outcome. #contemporaryart #contemporaryrealism #impressionism #artforsale #oilpainting #venice #italy #sun
