Tag Archives: London art

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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Life Drawing. Now and then.

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Now and then. Acrylics and pencil on prepared paper. 90 x 70cm.The painting set up had A Rubens reproduction on the wall, a life model on a chair and a fake fur stole. The mix of textures from the shiny … Continue reading →

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Regent’s Park. Woods, the canal, walkers and giraffes (again).

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Trevor Mill

These are all made on Saturday mornings when one of my sons is playing football. I have around 90 minutes to myself, which is nice. Regent’s Park woods (Changeable weather). Acrylics and pencil. A3.Regent’s Park canal (Sweeping view). Pencil. Two … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. Lady of the orange, grey and blue.

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Trevor Mill

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. Giraffes.

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Giraffes. I’ve always liked drawing them. I used to draw them for other kids around the age of 10 (draw a horse and extend legs and neck, add stubby horns and sometimes a blue-ish long tongue. Now, I have some … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. The night of the 4B Pencil.

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Thinking in Mono. Pencil on paper. 100 x 70cm.It was enjoyable not to have to worry about colour, brushes and cleaning up. A wash of Paynes Grey and liquin was put on the material at home. As usual, if only … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing. Movement | Stasis.

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Movement | Stasis. Acrylics and pencil on prepared paper. 100 x 70cm.The dark blue frame and background was painted a few days before the figures. The work was made in two parts. In the first, the model (an actor) was … Continue reading →

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4 Life Drawing sessions. 2 Grey/green man.

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Trevor Mill

A new model to draw on another hot summer night. Diagonal Seated man. Acrylics and pencils on large paper.The sludge green/grey colour was made up on the spot and used as the base for the rest of the image. The … 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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At London Zoo again.

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Trevor Mill

I’ve gone to the zoo, sketchbook in hand. Here’s what I saw. Continue reading →

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Life Drawing. Canvas & blue tape.

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Trevor Mill

The Blue Look. Acrylic and pencil on canvas.This was an old canvas painted a light turquoise-blue. The composition has a lot of movement for a seated pose with strong light.I now have my easel near my work desk so I … Continue reading →

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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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A bus journey.

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Trevor Mill

The number 263 to Highbury Corner around 11am on the 26th February 2018.

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Life drawing 10.11.17. Man & fabric.

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Trevor Mill

Barry the model has had many portraits made of his craggy, proud face. I always think of him as Crassus. But with a watch. It was conscious of leaving the lower part of the painting; there’s a need for more … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 03.11.17. 2 models, many marks made.

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Trevor Mill

2 Ladies on blue and green. This week had the excitement of two models. This can be daunting, but if you start with a plan and make some marks on the page things start flowing. The reflection in the mirror … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 20.27.17. Pencil only.

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Trevor Mill

The angular lady G with fluid blue ribbon. A 4B pencil. As a child I didn’t use colour, just this smudgy pencil. Strange to go back. The graphic designer in me had to make the ribbon blue. The angular lady … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 06.10.17. The dance of elements.

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Trevor Mill

What to put onto the paper, what to leave out? These decisions aren’t usually thought through too much; we are creatures of instinct and repetition. Below are two different routes to making an artwork, both using a little thought before … 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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Life Drawing. Woman.

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Trevor Mill

A close up. I like her expression. Imperious. Version 2. With help from friends who gave me a lot of tester pots of paint. The perspective has been corrected (ish). Notice the fourth figure has been painted out. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Life painting 8. Lady on cardboard.

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Trevor Mill

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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