Lynne Davies
Demonstration ‘Shaun the Sheep’
Lynne Davies is
an enthusiastic and charming artist who has been a finalist in the BBC Wildlife
Artist of the Year competition three times and voted the public’s favourite
artist in the SAA Artist of the Year competition. She created an inspirational
and beautiful portrait of a sheep using acrylics on canvas at our May meeting.
Her favourite
brushes are one inch decorating brushes. She also creates irregular marks to
suggest texture with a brush which she has trimmed to an uneven shape with
scissors. Her canvases are primed with gesso. When demonstrating Lynne may
prepare a pencil drawing and seal it with hairspray, otherwise she omits the
drawing stage. Her approach maximises spontaneity and creativity. She interprets
a black and white photograph rather than copying it. Lynne says that copying a
photograph makes the painting ‘dead’.
Using a dark
mixed with ultramarine, cadmium red and olive green, Lynne roughly painted in
the darkest areas. She then used raw umber to paint medium tones, allowing the
drips to run down the paper. Shades of yellow ochre were added to the face and
other areas. Next cobalt blue negative painting helped to throw the sheep
forward. Light areas and dark areas gave greater definition and dimension to
the head. The eyes had a streak of bright yellow. Thin squiggles of a
dark colour and pale cream applied with a rigger brush provided the finishing
touches.
The subtlety of
the finished painting owed much to the use of a few colours boldly applied.
Lynne urged us to “Be brave – do what you feel like doing” and “don’t beat
yourself up”. While all the time keeping the composition in mind, Lynne prefers
to listen to music, relax and ‘lose herself’ while painting. There is certainly
a lot of emotion in the end result.
The large
display of Lynne’s cards and prints was a popular attraction and many of us
were inspired to use some of Lynne’s techniques in our next painting.
Places
to see Lynne’s work:
Winchester Art Market on the
third Sunday of the month (March – December) 10am - 4pm Middle Brook Street
Lynne’s website: http://www.lynnedavies.com/
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