Canvas #869 Tuffton Pond

Tufton Pond was a commission painting I thoroughly enjoyed doing as a welcome change from my Trafalgar Square saga. One of the nice things about only working on one painting at a time is I am able to move quickly with complete focus on a new project. No back projects to haunt me, just a clean slate....very efficient use of time!

Shown below are the nightly progress stages emailed to the mom. A mom who wanted a moment in time captured in paint of her dad and two boys fishing in the back pond. She had a particular wall in mind which established the size, 44x40. The brick wall was one of the few remaining elements of the recently remodeled family home.

Main Reference as a group

Granddads clothing and hair reference

View reference with sun behind washing distant horizon

 Stage 1 - sepia outline

Stage 1 detail

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 4 detail

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 7 - frame test and sleep on it.

Stage 7 - detail

Stage 7 detail

SOME CLEANUP WORK
I had some work to do in the upper left trees....a bit confused.

Stage 7 detail of crooked tree trunks needing additional work

Stage 8 detail - much improved revision

Stage 8 - completed painting
#879 Tuffton Pond 44x40 oil on linen (11-20-13)

Completed painting framed and installed on brick wall.

Mission accomplished!

Later.....