A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the Russian contemporary artist Georgy Kurasov. I liked the way he fitted the form of the object being painted into geometric shapes. As a result, I’ve been inspired to try my own, albeit much simpler, piece.
Following on from the Smugglers’ Tower painting last month, I wanted to try another landscape. The original plan was to paint either a mountain or desert scene and, like the Smugglers’ Tower painting, give it a fantasy background history.
I’ve recently been inspired by J.M.W. Turner’s watercolour paintings, so I decided to attempt his style myself. Turner used a technique of extreme layering in his paintings allowing him to make minute changes…
The above painting, Streamliner Through City, started off as an attempt to be bolder and less realistic with colour in an attempt to mix up my colour style…
I’ve been working on some watercolour paintings alongside the Mapping Suprematism project. Three of the most recent have had a military theme whether it be naval, army or siege based.
Visually Interesting 