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Tag Archives: Painting
Life drawing: Reflections on grey green
Reflections on grey green. Oil, pencils and a little chalk on acrylic on board. 50 x 40cm.There’s a little re-arrangment of reality: the reflection was moved, the white show room dummy was made more human and the colour of the … Continue reading
I’m very into reproduction.
I’m very into reproduction 1 & 2. Acrylic on Bristol board. Both A3. The first in a new set of lessons. Recycling some old Bristol board from the late 1980’s and working in a small thick cartridge sketchpad, and deciding … Continue reading
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A birthday card.
Birthday Card. Acrylic and pencils. A4 ish. Fun to make. The original sketch was made while wine tasting. I then moved the image about in sketches until I’d worked in a cat or two. Then I chucked a lot of … Continue reading
Life Drawing: Look Left Lines.
Look Left Lines. Oil and pencil on board. 50 x 40cm.There is only two colours on a yellow ochre chipboard ground. The oil paint colours are Lamp black and Unbleached Titanium White, a little like a Grisaille. The mixture of … Continue reading
Life drawing: Look Away Now.
Look Away Now. Oil on canvas board. 40x 50cm.The life drawing session (on Friday night with the great John Close) consisted of two poses going back and forth between the two at 15 minute intervals. The figure on the right, … Continue reading
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Life drawing: Portrait of Robin
The Character Actor. Oil on canvas. Many paintings have been made of Robin over the years. Enough for an exhibition! For this portrait there was an effort to try and capture the actor’s many moods. He is a dream to … Continue reading
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Archive 2. Portraits
Now, I have done a lot of portraits over the years. These are just a few I though were good enough to show. Self-portrait. 1989? Pastels. A2-ish. This is sooo teenage! It’s purposely distorted, that was my thing at the … Continue reading
Archive 3: Under the influence of Miro.
The first two works had very fancy frames made of wire and foam board. Sexy Red Couch. Gouache? Just over A4. 1993?Lots of fun symbols. Interesting using the texture of the thick cartridge paper. The DJ Sucks. Gouache on paper. … Continue reading
The Archive 1: The Who / Manic Street Preachers / Abstracts
I’ve had to look through all my old work recently. There’s a lot of it. I thought I’d show some of the best stuff from the years before blogging was a word. These posts will be loosely grouped in themes. … Continue reading
Life drawing. The Circular Light.
The Circular Light. Oil on black board. 50 x 35cmI’m enjoying oil paint at the moment, the texture, the blending and strength of colours. No titanium whites at the moment. I’m not painting true colours apart from the skin. A … Continue reading
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Life drawing: Finger painting Adrian.
Confidence. Acrylic and pencil on card. 50 x 30cm. 30 minutes.This was the first week back. A new term at with John Close (@johnclosearts on Instagram). This week the model was the famous Adrian (#ModBodAdrian on Instagram) who’s been painted … Continue reading
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Life drawing. Midnight Profile.
Midnight Profile. Oil on board. A4. An hour. Two brushes – a large filbert and a very knackered fan brush.The painting started by covering an old work in blue. Every colour is relative to it. The real light on the … Continue reading
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Still Life. Essentials.
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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Life Drawing. Profile on red then blue
Profile on red then blue. Oil paint on old canvas. 30cm x 20cm.This looks like part of a larger classical work. Fun textures on the heavy canvas. A light, positive feeling The painting at the end the life session, a … Continue reading
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Life Drawing. Tension.
Tension. Acrylic and pencil on black card. Around 50 minutes.In my estimation this is the best painting I’ve made for a while. It has dynamism, interesting colour, the marks have a range of sizes and speeds over the surface, the … Continue reading
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Life drawing. A man in black and white.
The couple. Black and grey acrylic and Chinagraph pencils on hardboard.The female in the picture is a mannequin. I’m experimenting with off-kilter compositions. Three studies. 1. The Dynamic Couple. 2. Straight up. 3. Blue ribbon event.
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Life Drawing. Concentration.
Blue light on M. Acrylic and pencil on sugar paper. A2.Like all creative types, I’ve become a little frustrated with my work lately, hence the lack of posts. Lots of art that is nearly finished in states, like a chess … Continue reading
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Still life sketches
Still lifes. Acrylic, pastel, chalk and pencils. A3.I’ve been teaching art occasionally, which is very rewarding. As the still life set up was in the room, it seemed silly not to do. few very quick sketches in random materials. Composition, … Continue reading
One eye closed.
One Eye Open. Oil on prepared board. 40 x 50cm.To paint in oils is a joy, though it comes with caveats. I couldn’t take this painting home for a week as it was still wet, and turpentine and all the … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Blackout
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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