My wife bought me a book of Turners paintings – J.M.W Turner Watercolours by David Blayney Brown. The book contains some great paintings by Turner. So I had a go at painting one – Loch Long, Morning.
Loch Long, Morning by J.M.W. Turner
Above is the painting that I attempted to recreate / copy. Much harder than it looks…
Version One
This is version one. I like the shadows, but the colours of the mountains in the background are wrong. Something seems to happen between me mixing a colour, testing it and the adding it to the paper.
- Paper Used: Ken Bromley Practice Paper 25% Cotton
- Paints: Winsor and Newton artist grade tubes
Version Two
I think that I improved with version two. The colours are more muted.
- Paper Used: Canson Moulin Du Roy 300gsm 100% Cotton
- Paints: Winsor and Newton artist grade tubes
Compare Versions
Here you can compare my two attempts side by side
Here you can compare version one with Turner’s version
Here you can compare version two with Turner’s version