Sunday 15 February 2015

Youghal Barber Shop



A few months ago I was commissioned to paint No.92 in Youghal town centre in Cork. It belonged to the commissioners family long ago and was a barber shop then as it is still to this day. Painting was done on A5 HP paper, using Watercolour Pans & Gouache

4 comments:

Michael Nolan said...

That's really nice man, I love the effect you got with the net curtain in the window

JG O'Donoghue said...

thanks man! That was the part I was shitting my pants with the most, transparency/translucency are scary things in trad

Michael Nolan said...

Well you did it well, the gold writing on the glass as well as the shadow and depth behind the net curtain is fantastic. I assume you did the gold with gouache?

JG O'Donoghue said...

Ya I used gouache quite a bit, I used it to make the light/highlight areas in the forms in the red shopfront too, among other parts