
David Mellor
Artwork
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........"I
have subsequently found the drawing of marlin one of the most challenging
endeavours in painting. Trying to capture the power and movement of these birds
of paradise in bright sunlight on a moving ocean is frustrating, fun and brings
me up to the present day, 2002. I am now making a living painting a fantastic
subject because I didn't give in too easily after all."
David Mellor.


I
start every painting in acrylics as it's important to get all the tonal values
down as quickly as possible. After establishing my highs and lows in acrylic, I
then glaze the whole painting in oil with, usually, a blue tint. I then paint
over the whole picture with oils, tightening the colours. To completion, the
painting will take ten to twenty stages of repainting and glazing with most
paint being applied, or removed, with fingers and knives. The spray is painted
mainly by flicking the gooey white paint with the tip of a suitable brush - on
the floor - ALA Jackson Pollock. I don't own an airbrush and I have yet to see a
marlin. Most of my marlin paintings are out of my head although I might use the
odd photo or ad in a magazine for reference. After all, imagination is always
better than reality...



