A recent commission to paint the GBR entry to the 2003 America's Cup was a very interesting journey so I felt I would share some of the stages on the way to the final piece.
My client was very clear in his requirements, I had a list of what needed to be included. Thinking forward to the final piece I needed to determine which elements of the requirements took precedence.
A series of pencil sketches refined the most likely routes for an action packed view which I could translate into a impactful painting.
From this I produced five colour sketches (I don't usually do more than three visuals) but in this case I was not sure what my client was expecting to see - and I wanted to experiment.
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| Initial sketches and a couple of quick watercolour visuals |
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| Visual 1 |
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| Visual 2 |
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| Visual3 |
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| Visual 4 |
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| Visual 5 |
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| The final artwork |
