The making of my most recent 3D Acrylic Painting of the All Saints Church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
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Here’s the drawing stage of the “All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting. It’s important to take the time to get this right, making sure everything is in proportion etc at this stage as it’s difficult to change once it gets cut out.
After making sure that the drawing stage was right the next step is to cut it all out and create the layers that make it 3D.
This close up of the cardboard layers stage show how it’s become 3D sticking out from the canvas.
It’s important when putting the modroc on to make sure that the indiviual pieces fit together with no obvious overlapping seams which can spoil how it looks.
I’ve recently started using just black as the base coat for my 3D Acrylic Paintings. I’ve found that it can make it a bit easier when it comes to adding tones later. The lighter colours can just be layered up on top of it as needed to lighten it up. The black also makes it easier to spot any bits of white modroc that may have been missed at first.
Using the lighter colour to start to add in the details/positions of where the windows etc are.
Continuing to use the lighter colour to add the details and tones.
You can see how the lighter colour is being layered up on itself over the black to create the tones and help bring out the details.
Once the basic tones and details have been added it’s then time to start fine tuning with even more precise detail.
Painting the base coat of the sky, the photo is a bit blurred to try and recreate the effect of squinting to check how the tones are working together. Need to get the right tone of sky to balance the rest of the painting.
Painting in the grass, path and flowers to finish the painting off. They don’t want to be too overpowering so that they draw the eye away from the main subject of the painting (the church) but they still need to look “right” when you veiw the painting as a whole. It can be hard to get that balance right, took me a while to get there.
All the final touches are done so it’s finally finished. Have to admit to be being proud of it. Took about 13 hours to do (not including drying time) from start to finish but it needed it to make sure that everything was done to the high standard that I wanted.
“All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
“All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
“All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
“All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
“All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
Close up of the “All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
Close up of the “All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
Close up of the “All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
Close up of the “All Saints Church” 3D Acrylic Painting by Purple Faye
A little history about the All Saints Church –
There has been a church on the site or close by since Anglo Saxon times, it even featured in the Domesday Book survey in the year 1086. The present church was built around the 1300s, but only a few parts of that church now remain. In 1536 when Henry the 8th announced dissolution it sparked an uprising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace, many supporters went to Pontefract to establish themselves in the nearby castle. The then Archbishop of York was preaching in the church at Pontefract and asked for moderation, this had a reverse effect on the congregation and they dragged him from the pulpit and off to the castle. When the civil war took place the church was constantly changing from one side to the other and at one time was reported to have been hit over 60 times by cannon balls. In fact during recent renovations one was found still embedded in one of the walls.
This is the first 3D Acrylic Painting I’ve made in my Pontefract studio as part of my Ponte Project
The next one will be Pontefract Castle so look out for the work in progress of that on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter
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Don’t worry if you miss it as I’ll be showing the complete process in a blog post like this too.
“All Saints Church” Pontefract 3D Acrylic Painting making of (part of the Ponte Project) The making of my most recent 3D Acrylic Painting of the All Saints Church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
