scene two
Always when I do these backgrounds, if they are in acrylic, or, as
in this case, in oils, I try to leave a relaxed random pattern of brush
strokes in the direction in which I paint, which is from the top right,
downwards to the left at about 45 degrees. You can see here the last
of the green background which I am about to totally cover. I have turned the
hardboard I’m painting on, through 90 degrees, so that when I start painting
the real picture OVER that background, my natural top right to bottom left
pattern of painting (being a right hander), will be in the OPPOsItE direction
to the brush strokes on the background. I think this adds a great dynamic to
the painting.
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