Tommys Painting

I had the pleasure of Tommy's company again today.
You may remember Tommy from last year when he came to the house and I showed him how to use acrylics rather than the watercolours he had been used to.
Tommy suffered brain damage in an accident more than 30 years ago when he was in the army.
It has left him very weak down one side.He had to sit down after a short while as his back was hurting him, so we got the easel set up on a small table in the kitchen for him.
Tommy also has double vision bless him so its not at all easy to him to paint-although he loves it.
We decided to have a go at The Birches today--as you don't have to be so precise with the paint.
He did the background quite quickly and the first layer of trees.
He found it easier to paint the trees from the top down instead of the usual bottom to top.
When it came to doing the birches he had great control over the brush when shading.
We went into the garage to do the splattering.
Tommy ended up with a few freckles of black paint as he pushed the bristles the wrong way!
After doing some more sponging at the base of his trees we were finished.
He has gone away with more big bottles of acrylic paint to carry on doing it at home.
His wife Margret thinks it will be easier for him to do in in colour rather than black and white next time due to his double vision, which we hadnt thought about beforehand.
Any way Tommy was happy with his painting and has learned some more techniques.
I will no doubt be seeing him again soon.