by theartist | Mar 25, 2020 | Lessons, News and updates, Studio
Well, a lot has changed since my last blog post when I was busy teaching regularly and travelling to London once a week to study oil painting. It all changed over the past week or so and all my groups and teaching have now been cancelled, along with the course. But we...
by theartist | Jan 31, 2020 | Oil paintings, Still life, Studio
I’m taking a course at the moment at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art in London, led by Daniel Shadbolt. Daniel is a great teacher, I attended a workshop with him in the summer and thought it would be good to go back for more sustained tuition. The course...
by theartist | Sep 29, 2019 | Studio
It’s Strictly season again and I’m hooked right in already. Loving a dancing show feels kind of weird to me as I’ve never been good at dancing myself, though I love music of all different types, and I’ve certainly never been a sequin and...
by theartist | Sep 5, 2019 | Studio
I finally had a chance to get some painting done during August; it’s been a busy few months and it was good to get back to the canvas. Marilyn commission One of the brilliant things about art group (well the one I go to anyway) is that it pushes...
by theartist | May 3, 2019 | Advice, Studio
It needn’t be daunting asking an artist to undertake a commission, we love to talk about our work and to make something that’s right for you. I’ll talk a bit about the process and hope it helps. What is a commission? A commission is when you ask an...
by theartist | Jan 26, 2019 | Oil paintings, Studio
I’ve just finished an oil painting that I’m aiming to hang at the Surrey Contemporary Art Fair. I’ve had the reference pictures since my trip to Leeds last year, and I chose one that isn’t specifically linked to the subject’s hobby but I...
by theartist | Jun 24, 2018 | Oil paintings, Studio
I thought I’d show you how some of my recent portraits developed. I’ve painted these on Arches oil paper all in one go (alla prima), so without layers of glazes. Each painting is done in a day to take advantage of the properties of working wet on wet into...
by theartist | Jun 17, 2018 | Oil paintings, Sketchbook, Studio
It was a beautiful sunny day the other day so I thought I’d go outside to paint. The sun was shining, the herbs were growing, all was very ideal. I set up my painting area sitting on a chair with all my paints and turps and brushes in the doorway and easy to...
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...
