RWA 162nd Annual Open Exhibition
I’m thrilled that one of my Alla Prima paintings has been selected for The Royal West of England’s 162nd Annual Open Exhibition. The Exhibition dates are 12th October – 7 December 2014, taking place at the RWA in Clifton, Bristol….
Lessons in Perseverance
I haven’t posted very much lately because I’ve been experimenting with a few larger paintings and taking a little more time over them. At least three didn’t really go anywhere and I scraped them down ready to start afresh. This…
An inch square nervous breakdown
Here’s a small still life painting (better quality photo required) that should have been completed in three shots. Instead, the 2 inch(ish) square containing the blue and white jug became the focus of so many re-workings, the hours spent on…
My Ashmolean Museum of Art treasures
Whenever I visit Oxford I try to call into The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Whatever else is exhibiting, I always try to see the following two paintings before I leave. Due to the locations of each of these…
Making it up
This study was a really interesting one for me to work on, presenting a number of challenges along the way. Firstly, I was using another of the very smooth gessoed panels that I recently bought from Zecchi. I’m not used…
Learning to Quit While You’re Ahead
A post that could alternatively be titled ‘Before I F***ed It Up’, this little portrait experiment had something good going on, lost it, got it back, then was butchered beyond repair as I tried to add the merest hint of…
Back to Class
Here’s a few of the quick gesture sketches from the new term of life sessions at Pegasus. After a lot of drawing sight-size and long poses, I find working quickly, without measuring or the room to stand back from the…
Quick Poses
I went to Pegasus (my favourite art supplier) this weekend in order to stock up on materials. While there I saw a leaflet for a weekly life drawing class, and decided to sign up. Mainly I just want to explore…
October Figure Painting
I’m so pleased to be back at Sarum Studio for a couple of weeks. The structure and interaction with other artists on a daily basis really suits me. This is my figure painting from the first week. Knowing this was…
Elsewhere on the Web
Here’s a lovely video featuring Isabella Watling painting a sight-size self portrait. I hadn’t thought of setting up the canvas and mirror in this way – although it makes sense now I’ve seen it done. Might give it a go,…
