This is my first attempt at painting Manchester at night. Its the view just as the twilight has faded leaving the glow of the street lights and illuminated shop windows. You can see the Midland direct left and the view down towards Deansgate. Oil on Board. 50.5 x 22 cms If you interested in owning... Continue Reading →
I thought I'd take a break from painting my cityscape scences of Manchester and try something different. I was looking through my archives of photos and found a lovely photo of my bedroom bathed in warm late summer sunshine. The lady is a figment of my imagination, as the image needed a focal point I've... Continue Reading →
This was taken from my archive of photo's from Buxton during the fall. This is such a lovely tree... I always look out for it when I visit and it always delivers a spectacular display in Autumn. I'll be posting some Iconic buildings from Manchester City Centre in the next few day's/weeks.
A view from my bedroom window. I've painted this before but not as successfully as previous. It had rained so all of the roof tops had become reflective just before the autumnal low light had just begun to fade! A perfect time for painters. The finished result is much more atmospheric than my tablets interpretation.... Continue Reading →
This is my latest painting using a very useful online resource for drawing/painting a life model. They have loads of different poses, mostly with 360 degree views. It's great if you can't afford a real life model. However the colours as is always the case when using a photograph a bit narrow in there gamut. Tried... Continue Reading →
Just thought I'd add a few life studies that I've enjoyed working on recently. It's my attempt at trying to go back to basics i.e measuring, and looking at the subtleties of tone and form. I've invested in some nitram and some hard pencils H + 2H to try and achieve some of the more... Continue Reading →
It is really great to post again after a long period in the wilderness. So many things have got in the way in this last few weeks... Having to move out of my studio and recovery from some minor surgery. This was a 5 week life study of Maria that got reduced to 4 with... Continue Reading →
Apologises for not posting in a while! It's been a bit mad this last few weeks. Firstly having to move out of my studio due to the roof being condemned and secondly starting a new job. So finally got to post these two from the Monday night club. Again we've had to move to a... Continue Reading →
Took the opportunity to practice some glazing on some of my old life studies from Monday nights life class and see if I could move some of them on and just experiment. Just starting to see some of the transparent effects coming through although the finished painting looks a little smoother and less blotchy than... Continue Reading →
This was a cheeky landscape of a meadow in Adlington. After coming home late one evening on a balmy hot summer evening I stopped the car and took some reference pictures of the meadow just as the light was fading and the shadows were extra long. The farmer had just harvested the hay bales which... Continue Reading →
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