{"id":10019,"date":"2018-04-26T13:17:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gilltomlinsonart.com\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2020-02-20T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:39:12","slug":"greek-village-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/greek-village-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Village Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This drawing, which captures washing day at a cluster of houses near us in Harakopio, started life as a simple line drawing in one of my small sketchbooks. The house on the right has been empty for at least a decade and is gradually being overcome by ivy. The other dwellings are mostly rented out &#8211; so the occupants tend to come and go. The house with the steps, on the left, has recently become vacant again and I\u2019m rather missing the sight of brightly coloured washing blowing in the breeze.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2.jpg\" alt=\"greek village painting, sketch with rooftops\" width=\"900\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2-510x390.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch-2-610x467.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After increasing the initial drawing in size (from A5 to A1!) and reversing it!\u2026.. I carefully transferred it to a pre-stretched canvas using my favourite, if rather time-consuming, acrylic transfer technique. I almost fell in love with the giant black and white drawing, but also wanted to add some colour\u2026. So, working with Golden brand fluid acrylics, I gradually built the layers up, rather like painting with watercolours\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3.jpg\" alt=\"painting in progress of a village in greece\" width=\"900\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3-510x415.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch3-610x496.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, to give the scene a sense of being lost in time, I began to add stencilled textures to the edges, using one of my favourite plastic table runners (purchased in Nea Koroni supermarket!). It\u2019s tricky getting this process just right, so I\u2019m going back and forth a bit with the layers of paint at the moment\u2026.\u00a0Next, three pieces of text were added, using the same acrylic process, and blended into the painting with acrylic medium and paint.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4.jpg\" alt=\"greek village sketch work in progress\" width=\"900\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4-510x393.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch4-610x470.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can you help me out please? This painting is currently without a name! I\u2019d love to hear your suggestions for an appropriate title. Feel free to add your suggestions in the comments below, or on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gilltomlinsonart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Art Page<\/a>. Many thanks for your help. A complementary \u2018mystery gift\u2019 will be sent to whoever supplies the chosen name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1.jpg\" alt=\"greek village painting drawing work in progress\" width=\"900\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1-510x376.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/greek-village-sketch5-1-610x449.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As soon as the painting is finished I\u2019ll share a short video of it\u2019s evolution here with you. Meanwhile, I\u2019ve posted a few more work-in-progress photos over on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gilltomlinsonart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Art Page<\/a>, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gilltomlinsonart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow me<\/a> there to see the latest versions and\/or to suggest a name for the painting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This drawing, which captures washing day at a cluster of houses near us in Harakopio, started life as a simple line drawing in one of my small sketchbooks. The house on the right has been empty for at least a decade and is gradually being overcome by ivy. 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