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Author Archives: Trevor Mill
Life drawing: Reflections on grey green
Reflections on grey green. Oil, pencils and a little chalk on acrylic on board. 50 x 40cm.There’s a little re-arrangment of reality: the reflection was moved, the white show room dummy was made more human and the colour of the … Continue reading
I’m very into reproduction.
I’m very into reproduction 1 & 2. Acrylic on Bristol board. Both A3. The first in a new set of lessons. Recycling some old Bristol board from the late 1980’s and working in a small thick cartridge sketchpad, and deciding … Continue reading
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A birthday card.
Birthday Card. Acrylic and pencils. A4 ish. Fun to make. The original sketch was made while wine tasting. I then moved the image about in sketches until I’d worked in a cat or two. Then I chucked a lot of … Continue reading
Life Drawing: Look Left Lines.
Look Left Lines. Oil and pencil on board. 50 x 40cm.There is only two colours on a yellow ochre chipboard ground. The oil paint colours are Lamp black and Unbleached Titanium White, a little like a Grisaille. The mixture of … Continue reading
Life drawing: Look Away Now.
Look Away Now. Oil on canvas board. 40x 50cm.The life drawing session (on Friday night with the great John Close) consisted of two poses going back and forth between the two at 15 minute intervals. The figure on the right, … Continue reading
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Life drawing: Portrait of Robin
The Character Actor. Oil on canvas. Many paintings have been made of Robin over the years. Enough for an exhibition! For this portrait there was an effort to try and capture the actor’s many moods. He is a dream to … Continue reading
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Archive 4: Sculpture heads.
Sculpture heads. These range from a human size skull, sculpted then I was 17, to more recent ones made around 5 years ago. They are made from clay, plaster and wax. The large one has had many layers of paint … Continue reading
Archive 2. Portraits
Now, I have done a lot of portraits over the years. These are just a few I though were good enough to show. Self-portrait. 1989? Pastels. A2-ish. This is sooo teenage! It’s purposely distorted, that was my thing at the … Continue reading
Archive 3: Under the influence of Miro.
The first two works had very fancy frames made of wire and foam board. Sexy Red Couch. Gouache? Just over A4. 1993?Lots of fun symbols. Interesting using the texture of the thick cartridge paper. The DJ Sucks. Gouache on paper. … Continue reading
The Archive 1: The Who / Manic Street Preachers / Abstracts
I’ve had to look through all my old work recently. There’s a lot of it. I thought I’d show some of the best stuff from the years before blogging was a word. These posts will be loosely grouped in themes. … Continue reading
Life drawing. The Circular Light.
The Circular Light. Oil on black board. 50 x 35cmI’m enjoying oil paint at the moment, the texture, the blending and strength of colours. No titanium whites at the moment. I’m not painting true colours apart from the skin. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, artist, life drawing, Oil painting, Painting
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Riffing off Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Sketches. Pencils and pens. All in an A4 sketchbook.These are fun. I like how the original work (which is up the road from me) mutates into different people. I have the image on my phone screen, it’s relaxing to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, artist, drawing, portrait, rembrandt, Self portrait with two circles, sketchbook
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Life drawing. Figure in the round.
Figure in the round. Oil on canvas. 40cm diameter. 30 minutes. Two brushes.Painting in a circle always makes for a dynamic composition. The palette had two browns, two blues, Naples yellow and white. The blue sheet was really purple, the … Continue reading
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Life drawing: Finger painting Adrian.
Confidence. Acrylic and pencil on card. 50 x 30cm. 30 minutes.This was the first week back. A new term at with John Close (@johnclosearts on Instagram). This week the model was the famous Adrian (#ModBodAdrian on Instagram) who’s been painted … Continue reading
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Life drawing. Midnight Profile.
Midnight Profile. Oil on board. A4. An hour. Two brushes – a large filbert and a very knackered fan brush.The painting started by covering an old work in blue. Every colour is relative to it. The real light on the … Continue reading
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Still Life. Essentials.
Title. Acrylic and pencil on board. Size. Still Life: Esssentials. Acrylic and pencil on prepared wooden board. 50 x 40cmThe title came about by the objects chosen in the painting. Some fruit, wine, water, paper, plants, a book and a … Continue reading
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Sketchbooks. M Jagger / R Oppenheimer x2 / J Taylor / HIGNFY.
Jagger. Pencil and a little paint. A4. These photos by Jagger are really interesting. Getting Mick to be the Stones logo that was based on his own mouth… with the age of the man and thoughts of Francis Bacon loving … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, HIGNFY, Illustration, jagger, James taylor, Juergen Teller, Oppenheimer, Wall Street Journal
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Life Drawing. Profile on red then blue
Profile on red then blue. Oil paint on old canvas. 30cm x 20cm.This looks like part of a larger classical work. Fun textures on the heavy canvas. A light, positive feeling The painting at the end the life session, a … Continue reading
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Life Drawing. Tension.
Tension. Acrylic and pencil on black card. Around 50 minutes.In my estimation this is the best painting I’ve made for a while. It has dynamism, interesting colour, the marks have a range of sizes and speeds over the surface, the … Continue reading
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