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 →
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 →
I thought I'd have a break from painting people and set up a still life in my studio. With a little help from a few charity shop purchases I thought it would be great to set up a breakfast scene in front of my studio. Sometimes it's great to see a painting with a narrative... Continue Reading →
I thought I'd try something a little different with my latest portrait painting. It is a mixture of knife work (mainly the background and dress) and large paint brush work. I was quite determined not to fall into my usual bad habit of blending my brush work and decided to apply more paint and try... Continue Reading →
This was my first attempt at producing a Time-lapse video. Unfortunately I can't show this on my website. (as I have the baby package) But you can view on my Facebook page or Youtube (Alla Prima Paul Lloyd). Hopefully the lighting will be better for my next attempt. I enjoyed this one as its not... Continue Reading →
Following on from my charcoal, I decided to have a go at a self portrait. This time though i decided to use a photo and later a mirror to help finish off. I tried to add some depth by blurring and softening certain parts of the portrait i.e. knocking them back into the distance and... Continue Reading →
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