{"id":5332,"date":"2015-02-01T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistswindow.com\/new\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2015-02-01T15:28:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:28:02","slug":"fishing-boats-from-inspiration-to-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/fishing-boats-from-inspiration-to-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Boats &#8211; From Inspiration to Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I didn&#8217;t have time to sketch them, I couldn&#8217;t resist taking some quick snaps of these fabulous fishing boats, recently dry-docked in Koroni harbour.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-23-15.53.36-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Koroni fishing boats greece\" width=\"428\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back at the studio, inspired by the memory of the boats and armed with my photos, I began to compile a visual &#8216;mood-board&#8217; &#8211; quickly pulling together a pile of boaty images, including some previous sketches done at the harbour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-24-12.15.18.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-24-12.15.18-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Koroni Fishing Boats Sketches\" width=\"478\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I was in the mood for a challenge, I bravely picked out a canvas much larger than my usual working size! With my photos and sketches for reference, I drew the boat directly onto acid-free tissue paper with a newly purchased acrylic paint marker pen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0905.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0905-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Greek text collage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before doing the drawing I covered the canvas with scraps of Greek text &#8211; perhaps my favourite stage of a collage &#8211; interweaving different papers, sizes and fonts. It&#8217;s an important stage to get right but its also quite freeing, as changes can be made relatively easily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-24-18.37.26-e1422792678849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-24-18.37.26-e1422792678849-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Koroni fishing boat painted collage\" width=\"500\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-24-18.37.26.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>After carefully sticking the tissue paper drawing onto the prepared canvas, I started painting the first layers with dilute acrylics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-25-16.04.24-e1422793088951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5371 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-25-16.04.24-e1422793088951-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"koroni fishing boats art paintings collage\" width=\"547\" height=\"732\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The layers of colour were gradually built up &#8211; it was fun working with acrylics in a watercolour-like way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-11-06-11.29.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-11-06-11.29.50-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"Koroni fishing boat collage painting\" width=\"521\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Working wet-in-wet in some places allowed the colours to run into each other, as in the sea here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-25-17.30.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-25-17.30.12-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"koroni fishing boat on the stocks \" width=\"519\" height=\"695\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the (almost finished) painting above, although I later did some remedial work on that floating leg &#8211; adding a wood chock and a bit more shadow under the boat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-30-11.27.51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbygreece.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2014-10-30-11.27.51-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"koroni fishing boats on the stocks\" width=\"613\" height=\"821\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a scale shot of the finished painting, entitled Shored Up, posing outside the studio. I finished the work with a good coating of matte medium and some transparent UV varnish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I didn&#8217;t have time to sketch them, I couldn&#8217;t resist taking some quick snaps of these fabulous fishing boats, recently dry-docked in Koroni harbour. 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