
I have felt for sometime now that as a artist Im not really pushing myself to the limits on what I can achieve, so I now plan to resolve this with this my next painting which is going to be the newly built tornado A1 steam train.
This will be by far technically and detailed wise the most challenging painting I have ever completed and one that Im really looking forward into getting my teeth into.
As you can see its got off to a good start, I spent along time on the composition and also in drawing all the detail making sure that it was exact before any paint touched the art board (around 1 weeks work on the drawing itself which measures 30"x22"). The steam I have painted by running the paint through my airbrush (free hand airbrushing and by using soft masks). This steam is yet complete as some steam will be shown blowing over some of the carriages and foreground, so will have to complete this at the end of the painting.
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