Gentoo and bergy-bits - stage 1: This is the first stage of a painting from my trip to South Georgia. A gentoo penguin waddling up the beach amongst the ice flotsam which has been washed ashore from a glacier. This will be an oil painting measuring 24" x 30".

Finished painting: Here is the finished painting. Sorry it has taken so long to update this blog. The painting was exhibited at the end of last year. It took me far too long to complete - never again!!!

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Stage 9 - I've almost completed the grass now. The bottom few inches are partly done and the bottom right corner is as yet untouched. The addition of these stronger greens has helped to lift the colour values of the picture.

Stage 8 - I've completed the background hillside and the juncus sedge and am about to start working on the grass.

Stage 7 - I've started working on the distant hillside at the back in opaque colour. I make up a good quantity of the four or five colour mixes I need, in sealable pots. As acrylics dry very quickly this allows me to work on a passage of the painting over a few days without the need to re-mix colours to match areas I have already painted.

Stage 6 - I've finished putting the basic colours in on the birds so now the whole painting is broadly roughed out and I can see at this early stage if I think it is working and what might need changing.