Hydrangea and Chinese Vase
With a few bits and pieces on the go, here’s a little one shot Alla Prima painting. I don’t really like it all that much overall, but there are a few areas here and there, such as the shadow under…
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…
Lavender in the old glass bottle
Here is a very quick painting where I again considered a white backdrop and the different atmosphere that this provides. I wanted to make a feature of the shadow as a part of the composition, while keeping things generally quite…
Pewter and Satsuma
This alla prima painting is quite broad in terms of its brushstrokes, with occasional impasto work on the surface. The pewter goblet is such a definite shape, I decided to place it against a pale backdrop with a white tablecloth…
Pomegranate and The Parian Jug
A one shot alla prima painting of a Parian ware jug with a pomegranate. I thought the jug, with its relief patterning and figures, would be the difficult object to capture…. but no, it was the pomegranate.
Peonies, going over
Having spent far too long at the computer today, I didn’t have very much motivation to start painting this afternoon. Once I got going however, I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to suggest in paint the forms of these…
The Crystal Rabbit and Other Talismans
Following on from my last post of the preliminary oil sketch of the mug and boots, here is the larger, finished painting. This is a commissioned piece where each of the depicted items represent special memories, and form a kind…
Mug and Boots
A preparatory oil sketch for a larger still life commission (a photo of which I will post soon). I love the spontaneity of this painting, and enjoy its expressiveness of brushwork.
Trying to keep it simple
This is the third painting I made of this set-up (the other two were write-offs and wiped away). Each time I over-thought and over-worked things. While you can see how thin some of the paint is in this final version,…
Little China Dog
A little 6″ x 8″ oil sketch of a china dog figurine that I recently bought at a vintage fair. I’m not especially attracted to kitschy dust attractors as a rule… but this little dog just spoke to me (!)….
