Creating tracks with Ian Smith

Our resident artist Ian Smith has been on the right track with his next train themed art piece. Here he talks about his next art vision.

Time for a catch up!

Well, it must be over two years now since I last did any art! Or art for upbeatliverpool.com. I think after doing the Mona railway canvas it was time for a break. I've had bursts of inspiration but unfortunately this amounted to nothing, so it was nice to finally come across this beautiful image of a train crossing a railway bridge, silhouetted by the sun. It really set the scene to encourage me to paint again. I must admit things haven't been good this year with my mental health, or physical but getting back into the art again I feel is most welcoming. So, I hope you'll enjoy the stages ahead as I paint. 

Putting paint onto canvas.

Firstly, I added a coat of acrylic yellow overall onto the canvas to provide the base. Then the worrying bit, adding the sketch of the train which seemed to go OK... so that is a relief! Then I painted the train in black acrylic and the bridge for the silhouette, then moved on to the shadows on the river also I added blue acrylic to the sky.

I feel, so far, I'm happy enough with the perspective there is room for improvement, but the canvas is going the right way.

See you soon for stage two.

Ian