My last post was about sketching in Stratford Upon Avon. This one is more about using that sketch to produce a painting.

Here is my slightly wobbly sketch of the Guild Chapel and school from yesterday…

… and my freshly drawn sketch ‘in-situ’

The next day I decided to add some more drawing and details from photos – here is a shot of overlapping drawings placed together.

This is how my drawing looked after scanning and pasting together…

The next stage was to apply colour. Here it’s a mixture of watercolours and acrylic paint. The acrylics tend to give it more of the look of an illustration but really the difference between a painting and ‘illustration’ is pretty arbitrary.

Here is my finished painting. I’m quite pleased with it. I had thought to maybe add a sky – but in this case it is not entirely necessary.

My last photo is just another more acute view along the half-timbered frontage of the school and Guildhall. With the sun coming around and throwing long shadows from the lamp-posts and signage this is all very Tim Wilmot-esque. Maybe one for another painting sometime?