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Another Face on Linen
Well I enjoyed painting the last face so much I’m having a go at another one. I’ll be posting my progress here so subscribe to my blog if you want to know when I post the next photo. As with the first I’m painting a portrait in oils on a clear primed linen canvas. This…
The Big Day…
I have finally given Charlie and Anna the painting of their wedding day so I can now let you all see the YouTube clip of it’s painting and publicise it generally. It’s been sped up and is just over 5 minutes long, the actual painting took around 8-9 hours in total. I used a limited…
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…
Gridding Technique
There are many ways to get an image accurately transferred to paper for drawing or painting. One which works well when you’re wanting to enlarge your image is the gridding method. This involves drawing equal numbers of rows and columns on your reference photo and your paper then accurately copying the contents of each square….
So how did we do in 2017?
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.
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…
Amazing painting
Absolutely fabulous, Jackie. Really beautiful painting.