I have finished working on this portrait during the week. I have taken a photograph of the canvas and scanned a section of it to show the detail of the main subjects. The canvas is quite large at 50 x 60 cm. The picture was taken at the St. Andrews golf course and it is going to be given as a birthday present.
The painting has a few sections to it and it required a lot of attention. I think it turned out quite well, especially the bridge and stream (I have a soft spot for painting stone and water:) I am including some detail pictures of the main subjects too.
For the painting, I used a little less umbers and more venetian red and yellow ochre to create earth tones. I carried this mixture through to the skin tones. For blues I used ultramarine and cobalt. To create the greens of the grass, I again used yellow ochre, ultramarine blue and venetian red.
