Historic Gloucester - UK circa 1840
by Lianne Schneider
Title
Historic Gloucester - UK circa 1840
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
From: Gloucester Tourist Information Guide Cotswolds
"The City of Gloucester has a unique history from its Roman foundations to its Victorian docklands. Gloucester is a vibrant multicultural city that combines historic architecture with a unique blend of visitor attractions, festivals and entertainment, a collection of high street and specialist shops and a mouthwatering array of tea shops, restaurants, wine bars and pubs offer food and drink for all tastes. The city is overlooked by the Cotswolds Hills in the lush Severn Valley and is easily accessible from all corners of the country.
The port of Gloucester was of great historical importance. The Romans built a fort which was used for the transport of men and supplies between the Midlands and Wales. In 1580 Gloucester was granted the status of port by Queen Elizabeth 1. In 1794 a canal was constructed to Berkeley which opened up a link with the Stroud water and Thames canals so providing a direct route to the Midlands and London.
In its heyday the port of Gloucester was a major center for the shipment of timber, corn, metals, wines and spirits and the elegant tall ships pictured in our photographs were a familiar sight. Today many of the historic warehouses have been converted and the docks with their museums, pubs and cafes provide a major attraction for tourists." One of the loveliest attractions is historic Gloucester Cathedral which you can see in the background of this painting.
Another in my "Sea Stories" collection in the "Down to the Sea in Ships" series that is based once again on some small, rather faded black and white sketches in an 1840s book by Findley. Both the book and the illustrations are in the public domain and I purchased the rights to use the entire collection. I enlarged the original drawings using an old artists' technique taught to me by my cousin (who is a fine artist). In this case, I copied the small original image onto 1/8 inch graph paper and then painstakingly enlarged the lines from each tiny square to a 1/2 inch grid paper - a technique that works wonderfully for me because my free-hand drawing skills leave quite a bit to be desired! And because in this case there were a million details I'd have missed if I'd not gone patiently square by square. The enlargement was then hand-painted digitally with texture added.
Please contact the artist, Lianne Schneider, directly if you purchase this image as a giclee print on canvas, framed or unframed. A signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity is available for each canvas indicating title of the work, artist’s name, date of creation, a thumbnail of the painting, the origin of original work if the painting is a derivative, the number of your print in the limited printing and a guarantee that the work will no longer be available to the public in a canvas format once 25 canvas prints are sold.
My sincere thanks to the following groups for featuring this image:
DIGITAL REALISM - ANNE
COMPOSITE OR MIXED MEDIA - SHIRLEY
ARTIST BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
3 A DAY WAITING ROOM ART - PAMELA
ARTIST NEWS - NADINE AND BOB
DAILY DOSE OF WISDOM - ETI
I LOVE SEASCAPES 1 PER DAY - SAAD
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ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
PREMIUM FAA ARTISTS - DAN MARINESCU
DIGITAL ART AND RESOURCES - ROSEANN
Copyright Lianne Schneider 2014
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Comments (78)
Ryan Jorgensen
In complete awe of all your digital painting work Lianne, so stunning, The zooms show an incredible amount of detail. Well done! F/L
Jack Zulli
Like the way you worked this piece; a pleasing well balanced work which is a pleasure to view;) v/f
Julia Springer
Another spectacular piece Lianne! I love the cathedral just visible in the background, and the "oily" sheen on the water surface.
Dawn Senior-Trask
What a captivating historic scene! Beautifully done and charming to see and learn about! l/f
Will Borden
Lianne~~sure a lot to see in this fabulous piece of historic digital art- fine work!! F&L&T!
Lianne Schneider
Thank you so much Eva for featuring this image in PLACES YOU VISITED AND WOULD RECOMMEND TO OTHERS. I'm so very honored by your selection. And to each of you who have come by, as soon as Easter and the celebration/company surrounding my mother's 90th birthday is behind me, I promise to visit each of you to thank you in kind. It means more to me than I can say!