QE2 Paintings.

[Alan.C.]

Hello everyone, I am a new member here. I am 25 years old, I love painting and ships! Unfortunately I have never seen the QE2, however that doesn't stop me appreciating what is a fine vessel - it's great she is still around and not gone to the great scrapyard in the sky

Anyway, here are my three paintings. I have been painting for quite a few years but I have alot to learn, and I am always trying to improve. I hope you like them!








And finally, one in progress. I am not sure I have enough skill to complete this one as I intended in my minds eye though!

[Peter Mugridge]

They're good; that last one has the feeling of a publicity poster of the era; that can't have been easy to achieve even though it looks like the simplest of the three I suspect it wasn't?

[Alan.C.]

Yes, the last one has proven quite tricky. Some paintings seem to fall together extremely easily and other don't! I may continue with it at some point. Thanks for your comments 

[Rob Lightbody]

Hi Alan,

Your paintings are brilliant! I especially like the last one, which looks like a stylish poster to me - I'd like it on my wall!!

Welcome.

- Rob

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Thank you for letting us see your paintings! To me, QE2 looks "right" in these pictures, you have really caught the looks and the feel of the ship.

In the second one, I also love the weather, the movement in the sky.

And the last one -- yes, I too thought of a poster, all those abstract but very recognisable shapes!

[Lynda Bradford]

Thanks for sharing your paintings with us Alan.

 I can understand the difficulty of the last painting.  I saw QE2 when she was in John Brown's awaiting her launch and I can imagine that to capture the beauty of the bow and the perspective of the bow towering over the launch platform would be something that would be difficult to achieve.

Please keep us updated on progress as I am sure it will be quite a magnificent painting. 

[Alan.C.]

Thanks everyone for your comments, if I do continue on with the last one I will post updates as I go, you may have give me the encouragement I needed to try to complete it. Thanks for the welcome too, I have lurked for a while and I have found it a great forum to browse through.

[Peter Mugridge]

That last one I'd be happy with as it is; perhaps you could do a second version in more detail and leave this first version as poster style?

[Alan.C.]

Yes , that's a good idea Peter. There is a few details that are still blocked in that would need to be sorted out before I would call it done though, there is some shipyard workers below the QE2 to give a sense of scale that aren't completed just yet.

[luzparis]

Nice drawing. .. I love your last one

[Alan.C.]

Thank you Luzparis.

I have continued on with the third painting, I have re painted her anti fouling colours,white part of her superstructure, the foreground has been re done and I have got rid of the bollards. I am going to completely eliminate the railings infront of the structures to give a simpler and cleaner look to the painting. After doing all that and maybe adding some detail to the cranes it will finally be done!

[Rod]

Love them!
You have a special talent!
Thank you for using it on the QE2!

[Alan.C.]

Thank you Rod, very kind of you to say so 

[Lynda Bradford]

I thought you would be interested in seeing my photo taken of the ship in 1967 the evening before her launch  Your painting is from a similar viewpoint. 

[Alan.C.]

Hi Lynda, that is a great photo, thanks for sharing! I did look at a few photos of the QE2 under construction before settling on that view point,there is another photo of almost the same view here


 I was going to do one similar to this of her sliding down the slip way https://www.flickr.com/photos/naughton2010/5666603789/ , perhaps one day I will!