I am a self-taught painter who started to paint four years ago. This is my painting 'Before the storm' which is a hyper-realistic painting based on Brixham Harbour, England.
The painting took me 400 hours to complete and is only the 12th painting I've ever painted. I paint in my spare time so the 400 hours spanned over 3 months of evenings and weekends, from the initial drawing to finally varnishing the painting.
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Close up of some of the details
Close up of the smallest boats
The right side of the painting
The left side close up
The initial drawing
Close up of the truck, you can read 'Dunlop' on the tyres
A couple of the figures in the painting
Close up of some of the details
Painting every link in the chains and all the cables and ropes
The middle trawler close up
The largest trawler
Varnishing the painting
With the final painting
The finished painting
