Each year I do a whistle-stop-tour of my entire creative oeuvre. This is for my records really, but blogging it files it neatly and gives me a chance to share. Part 1 is devoted to my 'daily paintings' which ended up being more like 3-day paintings. Here are the big vases that I started out with, lost my way on No.4 and came back to in December with something quite different. Looking at them now I can see what happened. I had an idea that I wanted to express - a concept of a large beautiful … [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...]