Tag Archives: fine art

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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Red thoughts.

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Trevor Mill

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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The view from the interior

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Trevor Mill

The view from the interior. Acrylics and oil on canvas. 30 x 50cm. May 2021 – November 2022.This painting took a very long time to complete, with a lot of changes. A scene in a stylised manner, with a sense … 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 painting: Zigzag

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Trevor Mill

Zigzag. Acrylics on canvas. A3. Trying to make the composition really 3D. Very hard to photograph due to the amount of glazing medium. To me the eye zigzags down the composition. 4 life paintings. Acrylic on paper. The model was … Continue reading →

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Red painting 3. The Mysteries.

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Trevor Mill

The Mysteries. Oil on canvas. 90cm square.I think that’s pretty much it. The ideas behind this work were:• To make something on a very red ground after doing a few paintings on very blue backgrounds• To make a work that … Continue reading →

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Life drawing 1: profile

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Trevor Mill

Another term of Life drawing and Painting starts at the Mary Ward Centre. The amount of joy and knowledge gained on these Friday nights really helps the rest of my life. The tutor John Close and the regulars have become … Continue reading →

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Reflection & study.

Posted on December 22, 2018 by Trevor Mill

Reflection. Acrylics, charcoal and pencil on canvas. 30.11.18 & 07.12.18This painting is of a well known model. The composition is unusual.The last of the term at the brilliant Mary Ward Centre. Study for Reflection. Charcoal, acrylic, pencil and chalk on … Continue reading →

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Life drawing: Francis Bacon.

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Trevor Mill

Saturday 8th September. In a crypt in a church opposite Euston station. A great set up of scenes based around Francis Bacon. Around 4 hours of intense drawing. http://londondrawing.com/ Three Studies of ‘George Dyer’. Chalk and graphite sticks. The model … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing. Repeat Performance.

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Trevor Mill

The last two sessions of the term at The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London. The figures on the left could be in a painting within a painting. The pictoral space is slightly out. A painting is like a song … Continue reading →

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Life drawing 09.02.2018. The Look | The shadow.

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Trevor Mill

So, you have a scene. What do you paint? What do you leave in or take out? What colours to use? All in an hour. The mixture of decisions and the muscle memory is thrilling to me. So, here are … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 02.02.2018. Reclining vertically.

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Trevor Mill

 

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Life drawing 2. St. Jerome

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Trevor Mill

This very empathic model once posed as St. Jerome in a crypt near Euston. For me he will always be the saint. This is painted over an old work, which meant that it pushed me to great heights. If I’m … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 1: The blue & red rooms

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Trevor Mill

  A detail of the above. This figure was painted first, with a large expanse waiting for the next pose. Both took 30 minutes each. Poses in the red room. The horizontal line connects the two poses. Three figures on … Continue reading →

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Mr. Skellington Sings.

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Trevor Mill

The first life drawing session of the year. I happened to get to the Mary Ward Centre early. Turned a few lights on. Set up. Painted for 30 minutes. Tested out some oil sticks. Title: Sing Yor Life Detail. A … Continue reading →

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Life drawing 08.12.17. Model & artist.

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Trevor Mill

  A collection of the work in progress.

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Life Drawing 24.11.17. Preparations for a long pose.

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Trevor Mill

The next two weeks will be on one pose. Composition-wise I like the silence on the left, the artist and their reflection and the model in a dynamic seated pose. The side-on artist contrasts nicely with the model. I think … Continue reading →

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27.10.17. Jay, tall and poetic.

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Trevor Mill

I’ve used Jay’s real name as he’ not shy. See Instagram #jay_life_model He’s tall and poetic in demeanor. Again just a pencil (a HB this time) and some choice on what to draw. I’ve taken out the easel he’s leaning … Continue reading →

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Holiday Art 1. Still life in the sun.

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Trevor Mill

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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Hemingway 4. The book of the painting.

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Trevor Mill

Being a designer as well as a painter I make books on my major paintings. This collates all the different strands that go into the work. I do like a show & tell. Here’s some of the spreads.   Buy … Continue reading →

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