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Still Life – Apple
I’ve realised that not everybody feels confident enough to tackle portraits so, for those of you who are new to painting, I’ve decided to do some simple still life demonstrations. These are something I’m wanting to improve at so you can join with me and practise drawing from life. The aim is to learn proportions,…
An evening on the radio
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…
Face on linen (3) – first oil layers
I’ve decided to paint this portrait in oils and I’m not regretting it. I haven’t painted a great deal in oils due to the convenience of acrylics but, within minutes of putting brush to canvas, I think I’m hooked prix viagra pfizer. I’ve been using liquin to aid the flow of the oils which has…
Christmas is getting closer
We have skipped forward a couple of stages here – I seem to have neglected to photograph the first colour layer in oils. Hopefully the recording I’ve been doing will show the progress from monotone to this stage so watch this space. This has now had a couple of glazes of colour over the skin…
‘Swannie McSheep Face’ or ‘What’s in a Name’
In-between detailed portraits it’s good fun to paint some small speedy pictures to loosen up and take a break. Here are a few 1 hour oils paintings completed one day by means of a rest. They are not the most skilfully executed paintings, but they are good practice. One of them obviously could have been…
Q: How do you get men to tell you they like your legs?
Answer: Paint leggy females at Patchings Arts Festival! What a great time I had at Patchings – 4 full days of painting and talking to people enthusiastic about art. It felt like a real treat and turned out to be very productive – not only did I produce 2 linen figure portraits in oils, but…
