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Another Montmartre Sketch

A quickie from a photograph I took back in 2003.

Montmartre Finished

Montmartre by Anita Davies
Acrylic on canvas

I'm done!
It's been emotional. LOL!

Ups, downs, good, bad, easy or hard...I enjoy every moment that I paint equally.
Unconditionally...I love art.

Hope you enjoyed the process on this one...I'm heading out of Paris and focusing more locally on the next piece...Norfolk Lavender, almost finished and ready to photograph.

Montmartre Painting -Step 5

Taken the red from the guy in the front's jacket as it was catching my attention a little more than I'd like.
Nearly over...

Montmartre Painting -Step 4

I decided the girl in the front left was too warm, even though she's in the foreground the people are not my main attraction here, so I cooled her down.

I also made the foremost female echo the colours in the sky for some much needed unity.

I added some warm tones to the two males hair.

I started to work detail into the Sacre Coeur.

...paintbrush in the right hand, darts still in the left on standby.

Montmartre Painting -Step 3

Montmartre - Work in progress

What you see here is a conflict of styles.

For some reason I started working a session from the photograph I had rather than my sketch and as a result I have two styles, the loose, dreamy top half and the tight, somewhat static bottom half.
My next session was spent trying to gain some unity within the piece and ignoring the urge to throw darts at this canvas and start the whole thing over again.

Montmartre Painting -Step 2

...A little sky colour...

Montmartre Painting -Step 1

...and so we begin...

Montmartre

In 2003 I spent a long weekend in Paris for my birthday, my first.

I also began my art adventure in 2003 and, since it was all new to me, I did not think to take a sketchbook or very many photographs...Boy do I regret that now!

I loved Monmartre and could have easily passed away many hours sat outside one of the cafes watching the artists at work...coffee and art, who could wish for more than that?

I sketched this from one of the few photos I did manage to take and, after making a few alterations in my head, am currently working it up onto canvas using acrylic interactives...More on this one soon.