Tag Archives: Painting

Life Drawing. How do I get to Carnegie Hall?

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Trevor Mill

Practice man, practice. How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Acrylics, pencil, oils and oil pastels on prepared paper. 100 x 70cm.Sometimes a piece of work just takes time and effort to finish. This started off as a 30 minute … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. On Gold.

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Trevor Mill

On gold. Acrylics, gesso, pencil and oil paint on prepared paper. 70 x 100cm.A frame on the floor really helped with the dynamism and proportion of the figure in the space. You can see how near I was in the … Continue reading →

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Portrait of R looking up.

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Trevor Mill

R looking up. Oil on gesso on wood. 13″ square.This is the hardest painting to photograph. It really does look different in real life. The work has more depth and presence. It will be interesting to see whether it gets … Continue reading →

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Portrait of R looking up. How the painting was made.

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Trevor Mill

After each session I took a picture. This takes us up to the nearly finished work. The painting is rather hard to capture in a camera, which pleases me. The light changes the work a lot. The next post will … Continue reading →

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Six studies of R

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Trevor Mill

The first session with the young man. A few hours of painting, drawing, chatting and listening to Leonard Cohen. The second session. Great fun. Next post is the workings of the final painting.

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Life Drawing. C a l m . .

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Calm. Acrylics, pencil and oil paint on paper. 70 x 100cm.There was some interesting times in the making of this work, fun with oil paint and keeping the atmosphere of the original time in the life studio. Some details showing … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. No faces.

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Trevor Mill

1,2 and 3 removes. Acrylic and oil on prepared paper. 100x70cm.The angel is a painting of a painting of a painting, which is quite fun. The title is called 1,2 and 3 removes as the model in the studio is … Continue reading →

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Life drawing. Presence.

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Past & Present (SLG x2). Acrylic, pencil and oil on prepared paper. 100 x 70cm.The initial painting was in acrylic, then overpainted in oils thinned with liquin. Again the feeling of the models presence was important. Oil paint gives a … 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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R&C

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Mother & child. Acrylics on canvas. A good friend has had the most charming young man. I’ve put the work in an old museum frame, not sure what frame it needs at the moment. Here’s pretty much every stage of … Continue reading →

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The view from the exterior / interior.

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Trevor Mill

A good night’s life painting. With some work on Sunday afternoon, two paintings are finished. They would look better in oils on canvas but that would be quite a more time consuming , messy and impractical process. We do what … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing sessions. 4. Talk / Listen.

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Talk to me. Acrylic, black oil paint, pencils on paper. 70x100cmThe model didn’t have red hair. Or such dirty feet. The paper was prepared with dark grey, the light cement colour was quickly and thickly applied, somehow influenced by the … Continue reading →

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4 Life Drawing sessions. 3. Relax / Tense.

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Relax. Acrylics and pencil on paper. 70x100cm.The paper was prepared with the messy grey-green. The light blue was quickly put on, then the drawing. in the last five minutes of the pose, the pinks and whites were applied. The background … Continue reading →

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Derbyshire views.

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Trevor Mill

While staying a week in Derbyshire I had enough time to make a few works. In landscape painting I’m trying to make my viewpoint wide the bridge to get the sense of the way the human eye takes in the … 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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4 Life Drawing sessions. 1 Prussian blue and ochre.

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Due to various reasons I haven’t been painting life models since 2019.There is a small exclusive set of life drawing sessions over the summer holidays and I was lucky enough to be invited. The weather may be hot and the … Continue reading →

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Art Classes are happening at my house.

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Trevor Mill

So due to obvious reasons, art evening classes have been postponed. Now that I’m allowed to have some (well spaced) friends about, we’ve got together to paint and draw in my top floor studio. All very pleasant, with records played … Continue reading →

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Flower paintings and drawings.

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Flowers, lemon and grapes. Acrylic and pencils on watercolour paper. A very busy composition with a nice mesh of textures and colours. It is supposed to look serious and not frivolous. Flower painting is not something that interests many modern … Continue reading →

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Spring Revision.

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Trevor Mill

Painting after the event. The lack of model. Things get more plastic, colours stronger, design more obvious. The driving ideas in this work are sunlight on form, interiors and what is real in the world of the painting. Again, Matisse … Continue reading →

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Sketches of my family.

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Trevor Mill

A in the sunshine. Acrylic and pencil on paper.This work was about the full on power of the sun and what it does to colour and form. E at work. Acrylic and pencil on brown paper in a sketchbook.My youngest … Continue reading →

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