This is Kirkwall, a thoroughbred stallion whom we photographed at one of Cheltenham Racecourses National Hunt Stallion parades a few years back. He's been sitting in my 'to-do- pile for a while now but I've finally got round to priming up a canvas with a painting in mind. This will hopefully be one of the paintings I will exhibit at a joint exhibition with my husband David at Aberglasney Gardens near Llandeilo. It isn't until July 2012 but now is the perfect time to start thinking about what I would like to put into the show.
I've primed up a 20 x 30 inch Windsor & Newton linen canvas using three coats of acrylic gesso primer and a watered-down coat of burnt sienna/naples yellow acrylic to tone down the white. Unfortunately the photograph isn't that great but on top of this I've transferred quite a detailed drawing of the stallion. So far so good!
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