Not far from Stratford-Upon-Avon – AP434
This “Streetscape” is of a little cottage in the village of Alcester in the UK county of Warwickshire. It has a history going back to the time of the Roman Empire. Alcester is about 8 km from the home of William Shakespeare , Stratford-Upon-Avon, so its quite likely that he may have strolled down this street (before the Tudor cottage was built of course). Ah, isn’t imagination lovely. You can write about what is inside your head, or tell , or draw, or sculpt or paint and even embroider and if you are gifted like Frank Sinatra or John Lennon or Leonard Cohen then you can sing about your imagination.
Enough of that now. This Acrylic painting on a canvas covered board measures 254 x 356 mm or 10 x 14 inches and starts out with a black undercoat. The technique is to draw the picture onto the black surface with good old school chalk. Once that’s complete (and its easier said than done) you kind of “paint by numbers) by filling in everything between the chalk lines. Once the painting is completely dry you wipe off the chalk lines and voila! All the black lines appear. Lucky for me my daughter had taken the original pic (see below) a week or so before we tackled this project at the Volmoed Art Room
Another Acrylic painting using the same technique that may interest you is Village at Twilight . You can see magnification of detail in Cottage in Alcester here or you can invest in Cottage in Alcester here
