Mark Webber Hungary 2010 On his way to his fourth victory of the season, on a great spectator circuit; much of the circuit is visible from the last curve.
First comes the sketch, and then comes the blocking out of tonal areas – this time using raw sienna mixes to give a warm undertone to the painting.
background painting is done in colour blocks with brush direction carefully considered to help with the illusion of speed. Then a bit of glazing to knock back the background and tie together some of the key colour blocks. All very wet in wet and a touch of dry brush on the last working of the background for today.
Some unexpected paint runs towards the bottom right of the painting have given me an idea of how best to capture the reflection of the car on the tarmac in the last stages of painting over the weekend.
Tomorrow the colours will be darkened and more clearly defined on the nose of the car , suspension struts and other key engineering parts more defined. The driver’s helmet will be more strongly coloured and accented. Finally on Sunday the logo details will be swept on to the car and into the reflections.
