Painting project

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

■ Compose a scene from various sources

■ How to transfer drawings

■ How to visualise a scene

Part of the fun of painting an invented scene is the process of combining random reference to create something entirely new. For this painting, I took inspiration from photos of Barbados, taken by my friend Philippa, along with a photo I took of a harbour in Cornwall. I was being slightly conservative in my choice of reference, as I wanted a particular tropical look, but there’s nothing to say you can’t fi nd your