Sunday, September 13, 2009

"Lady Jane at ECAIP" oils 11 x 14


Our 1969 Morgan is called Lady Jane, and she posed for me at the English Car Affair in the Park at Fort Rodd Hill in Victoria BC today. In his landscape book Richard Schmid says he can use oil straight from the tube so I tried this today and was delighted with the juicy thick brushwork. HMmmnn ...

4 comments:

Jeffrey J. Boron said...

Oooooooooooo well well...great work here Ron very nice!

Jeffrey

Ron Wilson said...

Thanks Jeffrey - I am pleased about using paint straight from the tube - it has to be mixed with other colours of course but using paint with no medium is a welcome advance for me personally.

Maryanne said...

I love the Morgan!

Ron Wilson said...

Thank you Maryanne. Usually cars are done very tightly but I painted Lady Jane with a loose impressionist treatment because she is very much part of the family and broad-brush technique is my home style.