My art table today, where I’m working on two miniatures for this year’s Sydney Royal.
They are acrylic on Hahnemuhle paper, postcard size to stay under the 100cm-square worked area limit.
I’m using the same colour palette for both paintings but chose to emphasise cool colours for the boy with a tonally heavy background to draw attention to his hands and his concentrated expression.
Looser brushstrokes and lighter hues evoke the enthusiasm of a little girl’s impromptu fashion parade in the second miniature.
Dr Megan Spiers 