Continuing with my epic painting a day in May – Today London’s Shard. I have painted this once before about 8 months ago and I find the whole structure fascinating. I first saw it when the building work had only just commenced at ground level at London Bridge station. This view is looking up from St Thomas’s Hospital next to the Mcdonalds. A wonderful combination.
It is good to sometimes photograph the progress of a piece of work to find out where things go wrong! I created this painting in 5 sittings although I forgot to take a picture of stage 4!
Stage 3 – First light water colour washes to establish the main areas.
Stage 2 – Ink drawing making any corrections.
Stage 1 Pencil sketch – although I usually go straight in with pen.
Sketch as it appears in my sketchbook.
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