Original artwork description:

I continually see Cheltenham College hockey players as I live virtually next door to the school. I always liked the strip colours and configuration worn by its pupils. These two young girls portray how chafing sitting on the substitutes bench can sometimes be.



The work consists of an acrylic base coat of burnt orange, then applied with Rowney Cryla thinned pigment using Liquidex airbrush medium. Plus opaque pigments with more subsequent layers of colour washes. This layering of the work allows for subtle tonal attributes that give depth, intensity and texture. The overall result is an acrylic painting with a degree of luminosity rather than the usual flat acrylic finish.



Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish, this not only protects the painting, but has a unifying effect. A suggested frame width of at least 60mm or more for this size painting. Narrow frames on large paintings have tendency to not sit well and have a habit of warping.

Materials used:

Acrylic

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