Friday, March 29, 2013

Painting My Local street

So for last Study period I chose architecture as my topic of study (we were given the choice of quotational, identity, architecture and landscape. I was exploring my local area and decided to paint historical and current scenes based around a local street that has been a central part of the community since the 1800s.
These are the sketches and studies I did playing around with materials until I decided what I was doing:
Shop Boy in front of Edmondsons 1800s

Capital Theatre 1940s

Edmondsons 1800s

Edmondsons 1900s

Edmondsons 1930s

Mechanics 1950s

Courting couple 1800s

Woman riding a bike 1900s

1920s view of the street

1950s Modern rendering on an old 1800s building

1930s Art Deco building

shadows beneath the awnings

Woolworths 1990s mixed media

Woolworths 2004 mixed media

Watercolour sketch

Water colour sketch of street

Art Gallery and shadows

1980s Take-Away
 And these were the 4 final paintings I did in large format on boards
Woolworths now

View of Street 1920s

View of street 1900s with woman on bike

Art Deco building and family

Presenting the 4 final works on location this building used to be the city art gallery