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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…
Face on Linen (1)
Have had this sketched out for a while – it’s time I started painting achat viagra generique. Here’s the first stage, the start of the underpainting in acrylic. I’m using raw umber. buff titanium and white. Once this is complete I’ll start the colour layers – I’m thinking of painting this in oils. The background…
Where to in 2019
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…
New Year, New Goals
Well it’s been a very productive start to the week, due mainly, I think, to the simple task of setting some goals for the first quarter of this year. As a result of this, I’ve scheduled various tasks in my diary to ensure I have time to paint. ‘Obvious’ you may say; ‘been doing that…
Happy Christmas 2019
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…
Face on Linen (2)
Well I think I got quite carried away when I started on this painting. It occurred to me that I had intended to leave the hair unpainted – never mind, the application of a little alcohol with a toothbrush has taken it back. I may yet repaint the hair, but at least I can see…
