A FISHING BOAT IN HVAR PORT (ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS)

 Today I'll keep things short and simple at this little digital place to call my own. I'm sharing my new acrylic painting with you. If you saw my art gallery at home post, you surely know that I have a passion for painting boats. This boat painting was inspired by an actual wooden traditional boat I saw in Hvar town during one of my last visits. I took a photograph of it so you can also see the photograph reference I used. Scroll down to read and see more.

Danas će objava biti kratka i jednostavna. Dijelim s vama novu akrilnu sliku koju sam naslikala, a koja je nadahnuta drvenim brodom koju sam primjetila tijekom jednog od svojih zadnjih posjeta gradu Hvaru.  Fotografirala sam taj brod, tako da možete vidjeti i referencu koju sam koristila. Ako ste vidjeli moju umjetničku galeriju doma, zasigurno znate za moju strast prema slikanju brodova. Nastavite čitati kako biste saznali više. 

WORK IN PROGRESS- MAKING OF A PAINTING- HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO PAINT?

THE STYLE- The style for this painting is some kind of semi-realistic impressionism, I guess. I often lean towards impressionist style, I think I always have, especially in landscape painting. Prior to taking art courses here in Mostar, I have never had any training in painting (unless you count observing an artist or two as a kid). Wonderful thing about art is that you are always learning. I'm definitely still learning about art techniques but there are also things I have learned- about my own developing style. For example, I noticed that I'm drawn to bold colours and like to capture light in my painting. I'm often drawn to movement (sea, boats, changing weather, waves etc.). When I took art classes, I learned about general art techniques, not to paint in a particular style. This all might be subject to change, but right now it seems that my temperament and art preferences seem to match this nineteen century group of painters called the Impressionist. 

FOCUSING ON THE COLOURS- I took some liberties with the shades of the sea and colours in general. I feel the colour I choose better reflect what I saw with my eyes- as opposed to a photograph reference. As you know, sometimes I like to use a reference and sometimes I don't. It depends on what kind of style of painting I'm opting for. If you want a hyperrealist painting, you should probably use a photograph reference- and one in good quality so you can zoom in all of the details. Unless you have photographic memory, it is hard to recreate extreme details without a photograph reference. If you're going for something different, then a reference is optional. With this painting I concentrated the most on the boat itself and the waves. The rest of the painting was more of an afterthought to be honest. I mean I did paint the background and tried to make it similar to the original one but I wasn't really interested in the background. My principal interest is often the play between the sea and the boat. 

THE WORK- How long did it take me to paint this? I'd say something between 4 and 6 hours. I didn't time myself, but I finished it in two or three sittings that were approximately two hours long. I think I finished it in a total of three days. I spend most of the time adding layers to the boat and waves. The sea was the most time consuming part really. Scroll down for wip photographs!

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HVAR TOWN? If you want to see more of Hvar town, you are more than welcome to check some of my previous posts about it.

VISITING HVAR CITY AND STYLING WIDE TROUSERS

FASHION ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY: HVAR CITY

VISITING HVAR IN WINTER PART 1

VISITING HVAR TOWN IN WINTER PART 2

 CLIMBING THE FORTRESS IN HVAR CITY

PERFECTLY VALID REASONS FOR VISITING HVAR IN WINTER TIME

HVAR TOWN (SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BLUE)

VISITING FRANCISTIAN MONASTERY

I'm also going to share again the HYPER LINKS TO OTHER PARTICIPANTS OF BLOGGERS ART GALLERY  (it was a fun link- up organized by Kezzie a while back). I figure with the new lock down you might feel like checking  it out again and enjoy visiting virtual galleries of fellow bloggers. 

Alison  

Ally  

Anca  

Bev

Hazel  

Julia

Mike

MK

Vix

Louise
Ros

Salazar

Sophie

Sheila

THE STORY OF MY OUTFIT- HOW I WORE IT BEFORE?

Now, a few words about my outfit. 

THE GRAPHIC T-SHIRT- from a local printer, it features my own fashion illustration.  See how I wore it here . You can find similar t-shirts with my prints in Redbubble store. 

THE GREY BLAZER- preloved, it was handed down to me by my sister-in-law. See how I wore it here.

THE BELT- stolen from husband (I couldn't find my own).

THE NAVY PANTS- bought two years ago in a small stole in Mostar, probably made in Turkey so you could call this a fast fashion items but I wore them enough time to make them sustainable so all is good. See how I styled them here , here and here.

THE BEIGE DRIVING LOAFERS- not sure about the brand, but they are so comfy! See how I wore them here, here  and here.

THE TOTE BAG- bought years ago in Mostar, see how I wore it before here and here.

THE STRIPED HAT- see more ways to wear it here. 

*THE LOCATION FOR THIS OUTFIT WAS JELSA ON ISLAND HVAR, WHILE THE PAINTING DEPICTS HVAR TOWN ON THE SAME ISLAND. I gifted this canvas but I still haven't decided whether to upload this painting to be sold as a print in my Redbubble shop. I'll think about it. 

* This painting isn't currently available for purchase as a print or in its original form. As always thank you for reading and commenting.