I have a very large commission approaching for which I have been doing a fair amount of preparation work.  I find often, while I am busy working on one project, people see the work in progress, or the finished product, and want something similar for there own home.  That is exactly what happened in the case of this Spanish Dancer I am in the progress of working on for a client who is going to hang it in his home he is currently renovating in Granada, Spain.

A photograph from the client illustrating size of area and where the painting will be hanging. Our decision is to make the painting 110 X 130cm.

Background colour palette

Exploring textured versus smooth background. The decision is a smooth background and a textured dancer.

Work in progress….

 

Prototype painted on 30 X 42cm canvas sheet
Acrylic on canvas

• Background will be smooth (as seen on the left and not textured like on the right)
• The dancer will be textured
• colours will be various shades of red – no oranges, rusts or yellows
• Size 130 X 110 cm