This is for absolute beginners! Because this is a ‘Lockdown Tutorial’, we will try to work with what you have, even if it is the oil paints you inherited from your great-grandmother. Stay at home, stay safe and paint an onion! 6" X 6" or 15cm x 15cm Materials (scroll down to notes at the end to see how you can use whatever you have in your cupboard, as long as you have oil paints). An onion and a desklight (or you can copy this image).6x6 surfaceGesso2-3 Paintbrushes Oil paints: Dark … [Read more...]
Top tips for daily drawings, paintings or photos
This is the third post in a mini series on daily creativity, which will hopefully inspire you to do something you love in more depth! On the 17th November Marianne, Tessa and I talked about our projects and the first one was about my little 6X6 canvasses. MARIANNE: Marianne has done daily drawing /painting projects on and off for almost 15 years and has lots of beautifully hand bound books (which she made) filled with her artworks. She is an artist, calligrapher, oil painter, maker, baker … [Read more...]
Daily paintings at work – 6 x 6 canvasses
I first came across the daily painting artwork as a sort of 'movement' earlier this year and thought 'Yes, this is IT'. I quite often try to discipline myself in this sort of way - I did a drawing a day for three months last year. I was also very inspired by Lisa Daria Kennedy who has done a daily painting for 5 years, getting up at 5am, even on Christmas day. I think that for her it is a sort of meditation and although this talented artist paints from observation, her 2600 daily … [Read more...]
Demo Painting of a mustard salver
I demonstrated a small oil painting at Ardington School of Craft and photographed a few of the stages. To view the planning and a photo of the actual still life, check the previous blog post. I like starting a painting by rubbing the background with ochre (usually - to add warmth) then drawing the objects roughly using a round hogs hair brush #1. This brush won't allow any detail, so no chance to obsess. (If for any reason, it needs to be super-accurate, I'll use a pencil) I rubbed out some … [Read more...]
All my daily paintings – Private View
Scroll down for larger versions. On Monday I'll show the tulips. These have not been shown on my silent auction because I can't sell them in two places at the same time. But I can sell them by email - if the one you like has not already been sold on the exhibition. Some of these will be at Aston Tirrold and some will be at Ardington, so this is a good chance for an overview! These are all oil paintings, £50 unframed and £70 framed. As a special offer on … [Read more...]