Another recent life drawing. This was a great pose with some interesting lines flowing through the legs and feet, and there was also a nice balance of light and shade. I got the general shapes and proportions in quite quickly,…
Two recent figure studies, one a drawing and one in paint. The charcoal drawing is larger and was done over 7 or 8 sessions, and the painting is very small and mostly completed in one session with a little tidying…
Here’s a new, small portrait that was painted alla prima style over a few short ad-hoc sessions. These are poor quality phone pics unfortunately, and the actual painting does have much greater subtlety in colour and brushwork. I used another…
Here’s a relatively quick figure drawing (4 sessions) where I purposefully tried to keep things sketchy and dynamic, leaving marks in a rawer state without refining them too much. I want the proportions and characterisation of the pose to be…
I’m very pleased to announce that two of my still life paintings have been selected for this year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition. To quote the press release… The Royal Institute of Oil Painters is the only national…
Another dark and doomy little painting from this dark and doomy summer! Actually, it wasn’t planned to be so miserable. It wasn’t planned at all. With little idea of what to paint, I looked over the still life shelves, filled…
Here’s a very short post to rave about Dismaland, which I managed to get tickets for last week. If you haven’t heard anything about it, a brief outline would be to describe it as Banksy’s brainchild for a dystopian theme…
As I wait for this new still life to dry, get a coat of varnish and then be better photographed, here it is on the easel. The flowers are Rudbeckia, grown and sold at our local farm shop. They are…
Here is a selection of the very small (postcard size) oil studies that I have been doing over the last few weeks at Sarum Studio. All from life, I was using the time to experiment with different supports – various…
I am so behind with posting new work. In particular there are a couple of much larger portraits that have been sitting around for weeks waiting for me to photograph them properly. I think they’re going to have to wait…
