Happy Christmas 2016
How fast 2016 has gone – it’s nearly Christmas so here is a link to the painting of my Christmas card for 2016. Music is from the album ‘Adore’ by Chris Tomlin.
Enjoy!
Adding more detail and colour to the flesh… …and finally finished. Some blue added to the shadows and details finished off. I’ve really enjoyed painting on these canvases and have bought more for my next subjects. Watch this space, I shall be posting more paintings in the near future. In the meantime, these 3 paintings…
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…
Started my illustration for this year’s Christmas card prescrire le viagra. This is a monotone underpainting in acrylics, establishing the features and tones. The next layers will be oils. I’m recording this so, hopefully, will have a YouTube clip with carols for you soon after I’ve finished it.
My Christmas card to you …. Have a fantastic time everyone
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…
Beautiful x