Tag Archives: acrylic

Still Life. Essentials.

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Trevor Mill

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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Welcome to the Blackout

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Trevor Mill

Welcome to the Blackout. Acrylic on prepared MDF board. 40 x 50cm. 2 hours 30 minutes. This has strength. Again the work seems impossible to photograph properly. There’s a lot of subtlety in the darkness that gets lost. For instance, … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. When I close my eyes.

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Trevor Mill

When I close my eyes. Acrylic on prepared wood. 90 x 90cm.The colour range and composition was really thought about on this one. There was going to be a cat in the bottom right. The eyes were closed at the … Continue reading →

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Life drawing: Bronzino Night.

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Trevor Mill

A in the manner of Bronzino. Acrylic and pencil on MDF. 40x50cm.Bronzino is one of my favourite painters. A master of flattery, technique, composition and colour. Less Gravitas, more fun than some other painters of the time, with less religious … Continue reading →

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Mackerel!

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Trevor Mill

Mackerel and lemons for S. Acrylic on MDF. A3.This was painted live. There was a great moment when a spot of blood came of of the upper fish. Still need to eat the fish from the freezer. A very pleasant … Continue reading →

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My Son’s birthday portrait.

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Trevor Mill

A Portrait 2023. Acrylic over glitter on gesso on MDF. Around A5.Painted in an evening.

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Imagined Portrait on Red

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Trevor Mill

Imagined Portrait on Red. Acrylic and pencil on MDF board. 50 x 40cm.Originally made at a life class tutored by the fantastic John Close. This painting was constantly tinkered with. as you can see below. Eventually I used a John … Continue reading →

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Slapdash

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Like everyone else in the world, I have much on my mind at the moment. The work in the last few weeks has got fairly loose and is painted on photographers backdrop paper – a sort of thick non grainy … Continue reading →

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Life paintings on canvas, wood and crumpled paper.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Figure on Canvas. Acrylic on gesso’d canvas. 60 x 40cm.Russel & Chapel always have a great bin of canvas roll ends, from which I chose this piece of canvas primed with gesso. https://www.russellandchapple.co.ukA nice hour of painting with a fan … Continue reading →

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Portrait: Christina the Queen.

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Christina, Queen of Denmark. In order of application: Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencils, Oil paint on board. A3.I asked the model who she would like to be painted as. She said Christina, Queen of Denmark. Titles are fun. As you can see … Continue reading →

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Portraits of relations.

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Trevor Mill

These are some of my favourite people. It wasn’t a hard job painting them.

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Portrait on blue.

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Portrait on Blue. Acrylic on prepared 1960’s Daler canvas paper. 48 x 40cm.I liked this painting enough to have it hanging up in my house. Made at the Tuesday evening portrait class at the Mary Ward Centre, Queens Square, London.Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Portrait. Daryl J Hembrough in a smaller work.

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Daryl J Hembrough in a small work. Acrylic, oil and pencil on card. 18 x 26cm.I was late to the class and quickly grabbed some small pieces of cardboard. Daryl is great to work with. The background material had a … Continue reading →

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Still life with artists.

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Still life with artists. Acrylic on paper. 35 x 53cm.This was created in an art class around my house with my children and tow others who are in our bubble. Very enjoyable. The boards hide my fellow artists. The objects … Continue reading →

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Life drawing: the King.

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Trevor Mill

The King. Acrylic, pencils and pastels on paper. About 4 hours, 1 and a half with the models, the rest spread over the week in 1o minute bursts.The challenge was to create a new world around the model, not just … Continue reading →

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Birthday card art. Daughter, Father, Son.

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Trevor Mill

Paintings and a drawing, made for birthday cards. Continue reading →

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A connection is made.

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Trevor Mill

A connection is made. Acrylic on treated plywood.Two of the top models in London, ‘A’ and Mr. Skellington. Lots of decisions made before putting paint on the brush. Colour, crop, brush sizes all were worked out beforehand. I was trying … Continue reading →

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Life drawing: Look left.

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Trevor Mill
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Life drawing.Canvas boards & black paper.

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Trevor Mill

Back to the Mary Ward Centre on a Friday night with the great tutor John Close. The model was the fantastic Dominic, a very enthusiastic young man with some very good poses. All work was made with one large brush, … Continue reading →

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Life drawing 22.09.17. The actress.

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Trevor Mill

The first of the new sessions. This was made by using a large angled flat-head brush loaded with tester pot grey. In two minutes I had the size and composition. Then with different sized pastels the details were worked out. … Continue reading →

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