I am on holidays so am aiming to work on a few new pieces of work over Christmas. I have been wanting to paint this shop for a long time and am working from a mix of photos taken over the last few years. I visited this shop when it was last open and the watchmaker took such time and care to fix things. It’s sad when these small independent shops which provided such skilful care close and are never really replaced with anything like.
I particularly enjoy this view of Pennycook’s, involving the frontage of next door because of the brightness of the circus posters. The first circus poster I painted was in The Three Tuns earlier this year which I enjoyed, the posters bring so much colour to the image.
It takes a while to become settled into a painting, you have to build layers first in paint. I am in the early stages here so another afternoon later this week should bring it on a bit and then I can start to work on the finer detail and the amazing signage – which is beautiful but I’m not sure if I can capture is so accurately.
Last week I photographed the arches down Spon End – they could be next. I’m hoping to crack on this work this next few weeks and am toying with the idea of creating some smaller, faster works too.
Thank you to all those who have left feedback or ordered prints in recent weeks. Take care in these strange times.
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