Category Archives: Art

Thoughts on art

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

Theses words were thrashed out after a particularly good life drawing class. They are what rings in my head as I paint or draw. Continue reading →

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Visiting the relatives.

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

A garden in the summertime. A game of chess.

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Holiday Sketch Series 5: Naples.

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

Sea Bathers, Naples. An amalgam of the previous sketches, this could well be worked up into a painting. It made all those life drawing classes make sense in the real world. All body shapes out for sunbathing and swimming fun … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketches Series 4: Pompeii & Hadrian’s Villa.

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

The main theatre at Pompeii. You can see how hot it was. My wife (the lady in blue) momentarily sat in front of me before retreating to the shade, so she was quickly captured on the page. The sun bleached … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketches Series 3: Rome

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

THE PANTHEON. Has to be in Caps really. Probably my favourite building. Some details of all the people and that mesmerising hole at the top of the dome. An earlier version of THE PANTHEON. An impossible building to draw. Too … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketches Series 2b: Tivoli landscape painting.

Posted on August 28, 2019 by

Tivoli in the morning. Made over successive days with acrylic and pencil in the fantastic sketchbook made by our great friend, Sarah A… she said I had to fill it with landscapes, something I haven’t really tried before. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Holiday Sketches Series 2a: Tivoli in pencil

Posted on August 27, 2019 by

The view from our accommodation in Tivoli was sublime. Hills, waterfalls, rocks with caves, a zig zag path into a gorge, a city on a precipice, a misty view out onto the plain and a terraced hillside full of different … Continue reading →

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