POTD Summer Haze

This is 'Summer Haze' inspired by a herd of cows encountered on a sunny day in Topsham, Devon. Check out the step by step progress of the painting below:




This is the very first stage that I posted the other day. A few lines of blue to lay out the composition.




Stage 2: Blocking in, just getting the white covered here using (normal) acrylic paint.



Stage 3: Starting to add some tone to build up form in the cows and establish them as 3 dimensional beings.



Stage 4: Switch to using Atelier Interactive Acrylic paints here. The conventional acrylic under-painting provides a nice smooth surface to paint over and here I'm adding more color, shadows and form to the cows. Cast shadows are also included.



Stage 5: Focusing on tightening up the main cow now, this is where the interactive acrylics come into their own as they allow the paint to be blended far more easily than conventional acrylic. Also added some white to the grass to lighten up the ground ready to be over-painted.



Here's the finished piece again, I've painted the grass with some orange to reflect the the color of the main cow and also shortened the length of the right leg of the right-hand cow. The sky was also re-painted to make for more dramatic lighting / contrast.

This painting is available as a custom-sized print on paper or canvas through my online gallery click the image below.