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W
arren Sealey began
his art training in
Toronto, Canada,
before moving to
Florence, Italy where he stayed
for four years studying classical
painting techniques. ‘After leaving
Florence,’ he writes, ‘I returned to
my home city of Bristol and
started painting on commission,
producing works for sale, teaching
classes and demonstrating for art
societies.
‘I paint a variety of subject
matter including portraits,
landscapes and still life. I mainly
paint in oil, which is the medium
I trained in, but I also paint in
watercolour and pastel. Raining in
Bristol (right) was a recent
commission. My client had seen
some of my rainy-day scenes on
Instagram and wanted a picture of
his street in the rain. I didn’t have
to wait too long!
‘Painting it on location wasn’t an
option as my easel would have
completely blocked the
pavement, so I made a series of
sketches and notes and took
reference photographs. I was so
glad the campervan was parked
where it was as it gave a really
strong point of interest. However,
to make this work I had to omit a
car that was blocking the front of
the campervan. As well as
removing some things like the car,
I also wanted to add some figures
to give the scene more life. I
decided to invent the cyclist and
introduced the bicycle’s light
reflecting in the road to help
describe the soaking wet street.
‘I drew the scene out carefully
back in the studio, knowing that
the row of Victorian terraced
houses would be tricky. I painted
it in the traditional way – blocking
in the darks first and working my
way to the light. After much
refining I arrived at a result I was happy
with and, more importantly, my client
was very pleased with it.
‘I teach watercolour and oil painting
both as group classes and one-to-one,
in person and online. Work is for sale70Meet this month’s editor’s choice winner from our PaintersOnline gallery
PaintersOnline editor’s choice
April 2021p Warren Sealey Raining in Bristol, oil, 15¾ 3 11¾in (40 3 30cm)on my website and I am available for
commissions.’ For more information
go to http://www.warrensealey.format.com or
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