Artwork in Progress

Have you ever been curious to see how an artwork unfolds? Our artists share the steps it has taken to create some of their finished pieces...


	Holly & Vegas by Seonaid Clarke Holly and Vegas the finished article

	Great Expectation by Judith Webb Having just completed a sepia painting of Sunset in Turkey I was keen to do another with these same warm tones. My best time for me to create and see in my minds eye is just before I drift of to sleep at night, I do remember my ideas the next day and continue add to my vision. I am always hopeful that I can start to paint straight away without any interruptions, I was lucky this particular time to have the house all to myself so progress was rapid.

	Stigma by Victoria Stanway This is the finished version of the pastel self portrait. As you can see I have refined ad built up layer after layer of pastel, trying not to mover much around. I don't use fixative until the very end.

	Chocolate Chip Cookies by Hazel Semple

	Iced Ring Doughnut by Hazel Semple

	Belgian Bun by Hazel Semple

	Holiday in a Tropical Paradise by Hazel Semple

	Devon Scones Oozing Strawberry Jam & Clotted Cream by Hazel Semple This colourful painting is in acrylic on box canvas.

	Yellow Polyanthuses III by Hazel Semple 'Yellow Polyanthuses III' is a bright semi abstract flower painting in acrylic. This painting was commissioned to complement the red, green and yellow colours in two other acrylic paintings ('Fairground' and 'Red Polyanthuses') for a customer who wanted to display a group of three paintings in her living room. You can see how the commissioned picture takes shape from the beginning!