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Tag Archives: figurative art
Life drawing. When I open my eyes.
When I open my eyes. Acrylic on prepared board. 50 x 40 cm.I’ve been thinking of Chaïm Soutine recently and his exciting way with paint. It would be good to get that intensity and life into my work.To start this … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylics, figurative art, life drawing, Life model, London art, painter, Painting
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Self portrait 2023 (Winter)
Self Portrait (Winter). Oil on wood panel. 60 x 90cm.This painting was created to enter a portrait competition, after being asked to apply by a researcher. Self portraits are a tough call, you are are invariably going to look rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, figurative art, from life, Oil painting, portrait, self portrait
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Imagined Portrait on Red
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Originally made at a life class tutored by the fantastic John Close.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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Tagged acrylic, Art, figurative art, life drawing, Painting, portrait
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Red thoughts.
Red thoughts. Acrylic and pencil over prepared board. 40 x 50cm.As I now have short salt and pepper beard and hair, people automatically think it is a self portrait. Which is interesting. The painting was created in a hour at … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylics, Art, artist, figurative art, fine art, life drawing, portrait, red painting
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Portrait: Against the sea and sky.
Against the sea and sky. Acrylics on prepared MDF. 40 x 50cm.A two week pose, with some work at home. I’ve been enjoying the blue skies at the moment and thought it would make the pose a little more heroic. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, figurative art, Mary Ward centre, Painting, portrait
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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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Life drawing. Study in the study.
Study in the study. Acrylic and a little pencil on prepared paper. 3 hours. 1 brush.The idea behind this work was to spend time on the whole composition, rather than just the body. Objects were moved, some colours were changed … Continue reading
S & L in the summer.
S & L in the summer. Painted August- October 2021. Oil on canvas. 76 x 102 cm.This painting was a joy to make. I’ve tried to keep the joy, energy and fun of being young. The colours are intense and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, commission, figurative art, Oil painting, Painting, Portraits
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Life drawing. Riffing on Patricia Highsmith.
Riffing on Patricia Highsmith (Ph.3). Acrylic, pencil and oil paint on prepared paper. 68 X 97cm.So, the writer’s books, personality and look are challenging and a great springboard for art. Even her drawings are pretty strong. You can like the … Continue reading
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Drawing from Rodin.
Going to Rodin at the Tate Modern, was as good as I imagined it could be. Really thought provoking and exciting, a show with ideas on scale, theme, revision, finish, intuition, lack of colour, the body and sexuality. It makes … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, drawing, ey exhibition, figurative art, polychromos pencils, rodin, sketchbook, tate modern
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Life Drawing. Man with red, man with blue.
Man on blue. Acrylic and pencil on prepared paper. This week I wanted to focus on skin colours. We were in a big room and the model was fairly far away, so no distortions. There were a lot of blue … Continue reading
Life Drawing. Lady in grey, red and green
Friday life drawing has started again, this time in a small group of talented artists at St.Lukes, South Islington. http://www.slpt.org.uk I miss friendly The Mary Ward Centre with it’s purpose built life room. The tutor is the same, the great … Continue reading
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Life Drawing. Here’s Looking At You. Here’s looking at you. Oil on canvas. 90x90cm.This probably the last painting I’ll make in the wonderful life room of the Mary Ward Centre, Queens Square, London. Friday nights will never be the same. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, figurative art, Male nude, Mary Ward centre, oil on canvas, Painting
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Pencil portraits.
Birthday card. Faber Castell Polychromos Deep Cobalt Green 158. On A4 cartridge paper 400gsm.So, I had a nice photo of my son, a quick search for an image of the young Napoleon and Viola! Goodbye Ben. Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, card, figurative art, memorial, pencils, portrait
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Zoom life drawing. Den Haag.
Den Haag 1. Oil and pencil on gesso / wood. 200 x 450mm. I’m not sure if this will ever be finished. Three poses by the great actor Robin. The light streaming through his door really interested me. How to make … Continue reading
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Life drawing. Lady of the orange, grey and blue.
Lady of the orange, grey and blue. Acrylic, pencil, and thinned oil paint on paper. 90 x 70 cm.The last pose of the night with a thin blue ribbon draped over the model. It was important to have the line … Continue reading
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Life Drawing. Storms
Stormy Weather. Ink, acrylic, pencil, oil pastel, compressed charcoal and thinned oil paint on paper. 90 x 70 cm.This started off at home with some ink I had out and didn’t want to waste. This ink was splatted over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, figurative art, life drawing, Painting, Tivoli
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Life drawing. Actor in mono.
Recently I’ve been taking my time on finishing paintings started in the life room (two weeks worth are still needing more work). I decided to make something quickly that would be fine without any adjustment. Out came a bottle of … Continue reading
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Zoom life drawing class 1. The Goddess Tara (on green).
The Goddess Tara (on green). Acrylics on paper. 100 x 70cm.I heard some of the great radio talks ‘The History of the World in 100 Objects’ again this week. One episode was about a bronze statue of the Buddhist goddess … Continue reading
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IEA. Triple portrait.
IEA. Oil on canvas. A triple portrait of my children. Made over the last year. In an old frame. Some details.
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Tagged antique frame, artist, figurative art, oiloncanvas, Painting, portrait
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