Tessa Spanton SWA Artist, tutor, writer



TESSA SPANTON SWA ARTIST, WRITER AND TUTOR

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Saturday 3 May 2014

The Market in Funchal Madeira







Mercado dos Lavradores in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal


I did the under painting using FW inks on wet 200lb Bockingford paper. These are intense colours and I used then straight from the bottle. It comes with a handy dropper attached to the lid.
Onto this I collaged some paper torn from a magazine. I wanted some text in Portuguese and found some in a magazine I had brought back from Madeira. Even better there was an article about the market written in both Portuguese and English. I used pieces of this for the floor.




I worked on top of these using Atelier Interactive acrylics with plenty of flow medium. These are slower drying than acrylic paints usually are so I had plenty of time to blend colours. I spent several days on these paintings adjusting colours and tones, a luxury I don't usually have when painting on silk. I worked on them as a pair.
I mounted them like watercolours and framed them in light ash frames.
Here they are labelled and ready to be submitted to the Society of Women Artists exhibition at the Mall Galleries complete with paperwork.
Today 2 weeks later the letter arrived with the form with the result. As I opened it I am wondering 'would there be an A or a R written next to the titles?'  Good news this time, both have been accepted.


8 comments:

Nauli said...

Amazing colors!

Colours and Textures said...

Thanks Nauli.

s-naturata said...

So lovely!

Amanda Bates said...

Lovely painting; the brilliance of the colours is reminiscent of Funchal :-)

Anonymous said...

Think you have captured the lively atmosphere of the market at Funchal very well.

Love your use of colour and admire the way you are never afraid to experiment with new techniques.

I have forwarded your blog to a couple of artist friends.

Very best wishes
Andrea

Colours and Textures said...

Thanks Andrea.

Julia K Walton - Fire Horse Textiles said...

Wonderful, vibrant paintings! I love your use of colour and the unusual angle of the viewer :)

DemyBlackDesign said...

Love the colors!