Another Face on Linen

I’m very fortunate to be surrounded by friendly, supportive people so, when I put out a call to friends and acquaintances looking for folks happy to sit for me while I practise portrait painting from life, I had a number of responses. However, I didn’t anticipate being invited to paint the 3 friendly guys who…

Despite having many things to be thankful for, it was hard not feeling down hearted at the thought of a month in Lockdown. I’ve decided the best way to get through whilst maintaining some sort of sanity is to find something to give me purpose, motivation and focus – something to occupy my mind and…

It’s less than a week into lockdown and the days have passed relatively quickly so far – I think having a focus and something to keep me occupied definitely helps. I’m posting progress for the first 4 days. These images are very much snapshots – if I’m to post regularly while keeping up with my…

Here’s a speedy painting of this years Christmas card – Madonna and child (not newborn) so probably around the time the wise men were visiting. Everything started off fine, but went pear shaped around her chin just over half way through – goodness knows what I was doing! This is why I enjoy oils so…

This time last year I had the idea of doing 365 sketches in 365 days – and I’ve failed miserably… However, there are plenty of things that proved successful.

I find the beginning of a new year the perfect time to reassess… I don’t mean make new year’s resolutions – that feels like setting myself up to fail, but I like to plan where I go from here. Christmas gives a natural break to the year – chances are I’ll have finished a number…