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Tag Archives: acrylic
Slapdash
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
Life paintings on canvas, wood and crumpled paper.
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
Portrait: Christina the Queen.
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.
These are some of my favourite people. It wasn’t a hard job painting them.
Portrait on blue.
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.
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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Tagged acrylic, daryl j hembrough, Mary Ward centre, painter, Painting, portrait
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Still life with artists.
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
Life drawing: the King.
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.
Paintings and a drawing, made for birthday cards. Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, artist, Birthday Card, carravaggio, drawing, Painting, portrait
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A connection is made.
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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Tagged acrylic, figurative art, Mary Ward centre, Painting, Skeleton, Skellington
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Life drawing: Look left.
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Tagged acrylic, Art, life drawing, Painting, The Mary Ward Centre
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Life drawing.Canvas boards & black paper.
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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Tagged acrylic, Art, contemporary art, life drawing, Life model, London art, Mary Ward centre, model, Painting, portrait
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Life drawing 22.09.17. The actress.
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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Tagged acrylic, Art, artist, contemporary art, Illustration, life drawing, London art, Mary Ward centre, modern arrt, painter
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Holiday Art 1. Still life in the sun.
Painting objects on their own doesn’t usually fill me with joy. I would rather have a breathing subject. The light being so strong in Italy, it gave the still life an interest to me. The subject is the light on … Continue reading
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Life painting 8. Lady on cardboard.
In a rush the paper was left behind. On the way some cardboard was spied, sniffed, found to be clean and carried to The Mary Ward Centre. As hoped the texture was interesting for a bit and the buff colour … Continue reading
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Mr Moustache. A portrait commission.
Mr Moustache went through a large amount of changes. All are fun. I was asked for an impressionistic view of the model, then a more realistic version, then a more photographic version, then a change of background. Some changes are … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, artist, commission, fine art, Painting, portrait
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Life drawing 8. Robin part 1.
Robin is a great actor and model. He is dramatic even when reclining. Now that is a loud background. An hour. This is the first part. There is room on the left for another pose, to be painted next Friday. … Continue reading
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Life drawing 4 technique & colour
A night of life drawing, in which the model smiles, paint gets smeared with a sponge and Mr Skellington strikes a pose. Continue reading
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Des as Grimaldi.
So, I’m having a small exhibition at the local café. All the paintings I put up are apparently too big for the space – health & safety with a little bit of politics thrown in, you get the picture? Anyway this means I have to come up with some smaller works. So I paint this local character, Des. He likes a joke, does Des, but he’s more than that. With this in mind I thrash at an old, knackered canvas board between 9 and 1, finding this in the morning, looking all colourful and that. Continue reading
Life drawing 06.07.16. G next to the starless flag. Plus Skull.
This painting reflected the mood of the class on the outcome of the European vote. Hence the title. The simple stance and the wealth of surrounding detail added to the strong colours made for a decorative painting. This week’s theme was the relationship between … Continue reading
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