The title: There are places I'll remember... refers to a very beautiful Beatles song - In My Life. The words are so poignant nostalgic and heartfelt that it got me thinking of places that I love and have been a part of My Life. Rural train stations I have noticed don't seem to change that... Continue Reading →
Oil on linen canvas 27cm x 35cms This was a 4 hour portrait of Dave from Monday night's Life class. I'm trying to get more saturated colour into my studies which is giving them a fresher and brighter, less muddy appearance.
This was the second session of Paul from Mondays life class at Vernon Mill. If you would like some tuition it's available from Maurice. Monday nights 7.00 - 9.00. Fourth Floor. Classes are also run on Saturdays with Ronnie 10.00 - 12.00 - 3rd Floor. Come on down.
As I've not published for a while. I thought I'd post these 2 paintings from Mondays night's class at Vernon Mill. 7.00 - 9.00 (including very nice biscuits) Firstly Rachael, who is a great model with amazing dreadlocks and secondly Stewart... as tall as a giraffe... so quite hard to see!
Another instalment from Monday's life class (Vernon Mill Artist Studio's) This was the final 2 week pose from Barbara. Again, using the linseed oil as a barrier to create some transparent effects. I decided to try incorporate some more of the figure. Not sure about some of the proportions but I enjoyed doing this study. I... Continue Reading →
This was my attempt at painting Rick - 2nd session from monday nights life class. I really enjoyed this study. I tried a new technique of oiling the canvas with linseed oil after the first session. It creates a barrier between the first session and subsequent layers. The advantage is you can create transparent almost... Continue Reading →
Oil on canvas 24" x 36" inches I painted this nude a few weeks ago but was reluctant to post her as i felt it was a bit wooden in areas. Subsequent 'likes' from fellow artists have made me change my opinion although, i think i will revisit this and improve certain areas. It was... Continue Reading →
I'll call this latest work Mary... for obvious reasons! I was very reluctant to post this picture, although I spent a lot of time painting this. (not from life) I was very pleased with it initially but when i took some pictures of it I felt it didn't do it justice. This is my mobile... Continue Reading →
Self Portrait - March 2017 I submitted this self portrait for the Sky Arts competition. Alas it was rejected... but apart from this I enjoyed painting it! I learn't a great deal from the process! It lacks emotion and is sterile in it's delivery but sometimes you learn from trying to impress. i.e. you try too hard!
I really enjoyed this Mondays life class. We had a body builder pose for us this week. Perhaps would have been better to concentrate on Karl's physique as it is very similar to mine 🙂 But I just love doing portraits (this week with a little help from Maurice - What a great painter and... Continue Reading →
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