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Tag Archives: portrait
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
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
Riffing off Rembrandt.
Rembrandt Sketches. Pencils and pens. All in an A4 sketchbook.These are fun. I like how the original work (which is up the road from me) mutates into different people. I have the image on my phone screen, it’s relaxing to … 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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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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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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Life drawing. Looking out on Blue.
Looking out on Blue. Acrylic on prepared MDF board. 40 x 50cm.A regular top life model who is always good to draw and paint. The model had a bright white light on the left and a pink / yellow light … Continue reading
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Life drawing. When I close my eyes.
When I close my eyes. Acrylic on prepared wood. 90 x 90cm.The colour range and composition was really thought about on this one. There was going to be a cat in the bottom right. The eyes were closed at the … Continue reading
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Symphony of burgundy.
Symphony of Burgundy. Acrylic and pencil on board. 30 x40cm.Painted with a fan brush and a very limited colour palette of red and browns. There’s a tiny bit of blue as well… I let the wood show through. Made in … Continue reading
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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My Son’s birthday portrait.
A Portrait 2023. Acrylic over glitter on gesso on MDF. Around A5.Painted in an evening.
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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