by theartist | Nov 2, 2019 | Oil paintings, Portraits, Reviews and recommendations
This week members of the life drawing society I belong to were able to take part in a workshop by Alex Tzavaras painting a portrait from life using oils. We used the Zorn palette, a very simplified set of colours that work well for skin tones: titanium white, ivory...
by theartist | Jul 7, 2019 | About me, Portraits
When people ask me what I prefer to paint it’s people, always people. I’m not making life easy for myself as I’ve found in the past few years of working as an artist that if you want to paint portraits, people much prefer having their animals...
by theartist | May 25, 2019 | News and updates, Oil paintings, Portraits
It’s been a very busy year so far. I spent the first two months completing several large paintings and preparing for Surrey Contemporary Art Fair. My intention was to create statement pieces that celebrate colour. Next came the fair itself, a fantastic...
by theartist | Aug 14, 2018 | Exhibitions, News and updates, Oil paintings, Portraits
I’m still working on my series of paintings from my sketch trip to Leeds. After all the studies and the alla prima heads I drew and painted I’ve got to bite the bullet, stop procrastinating and get stuck in to the main pieces. Exhibition! The big news, and...
by theartist | Jun 17, 2018 | News and updates, Oil paintings, Portraits, Studio
After my sketching trip to Leeds I have hundreds of photos and sketches to go through to potentially turn into paintings. It’s slightly overwhelming, so I decided to break the process into steps and get some prep sketches done to solidify the ideas I had when I...
by theartist | May 3, 2018 | Portraits, Studio
I’m planning a series of portraits to try to build a cohesive body of work. It’s quite easy to get stuck in your ways and paint only what and who is around you so I decided to be a bit brave and go on a sketching trip. My son works in Leeds and knows a...
by theartist | Feb 21, 2018 | Inspiration, Portraits
When you’re painting a portrait there’s not much going to cause you as many problems as bad lighting. So many snaps taken on cameras or phones might show a lovely face, but they often miss key information for getting a likeness. Why tone is important to...
by theartist | Feb 3, 2018 | Inspiration, Portraits
Painting self portraits is fantastic painting and drawing practice, I paint them a lot, not because I love the sight of myself or through vanity, I hope you don’t think that! The main reason is that I am a willing model for myself, I pose how I want and I will...
