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Stephen invited us to his studio in Cheshire to take us through some of his favourite pieces from the collection and reveal how he creates his vibrant artworks using just five shades of oil paint and an understanding of 2D and 3D perspectives. “It’s just simple geometric shapes, bright colours, some slight gradients and intersecting lines,” he told us. “My engineering background has given me an eye for looking at certain things in a different way.”
Like the early Renaissance painters, Stephen allows the dark background to show through on the shadowed areas to add depth. He adds: “I block-paint everything in, and then add the outline later. It gives a brilliant effect.” Discover more about Stephen’s techniques and inspirations in our exclusive YouTube video below.
“I’ll see something and think ‘That would make a good little storyboard painting’.”
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