Blackbird on a Windowsill - Gouache Painting by Steve Greaves
Blackbird on a Windowsill.
A painting in gouache on CS10 illustration board.
Someone brought me a male blackbird which had been injured by a car and I photographed it on a windowsill in my flat in Priory Street, Carmarthen, South Wales, before releasing it outside. I don't think the bird survived.
I was a 20 year old art student at Dyfed College of Art at the time and the finished painting in gouache (opaque watercolour) formed part of my final diploma show and is heavily influenced by the realist works of American painter Andrew Wyeth and the New Zealand bird painter Raymond Harris Ching. No white paint was used in this painting, all the light areas are the white of the smooth hot-pressed board showing through the light layers of paint.
The painting measures 12 x 14 ins.
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Blackbird on a Windowsill - Gouache Painting by Steve Greaves
Blackbird on a Windowsill.
A painting in gouache on CS10 illustration board.
Someone brought me a male blackbird which had been injured by a car and I photographed it on a windowsill in my flat in Priory Street, Carmarthen, South Wales, before releasing it outside. I don't think the bird survived.
I was a 20 year old art student at Dyfed College of Art at the time and the finished painting in gouache (opaque watercolour) formed part of my final diploma show and is heavily influenced by the realist works of American painter Andrew Wyeth and the New Zealand bird painter Raymond Harris Ching. No white paint was used in this painting, all the light areas are the white of the smooth hot-pressed board showing through the light layers of paint.
The painting measures 12 x 14 ins.
It is available as a Limited Edition Print (500 copies only) from Amazon:
www.amazon.co.uk/Blackbird-Limited-Print-500-only/dp/B004...
Search for Steve Greaves on Ebay and Amazon to find Original Artwork, Limited Edition Prints and Postcards for sale.
You can see more paintings on my website: