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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…
Back to painting
It’s been a while, but due to a number of factors including the construction of my daughters wedding dress, I haven’t put brush to canvas for a while. So… a quick fun project to get back into the swing, I’ve just completed a painting for 2 lovely ladies who do a lot of work with…
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…
Portrait Sketch 2
Here’s my second oil portrait sketch. Why not try it for yourself – it’s great practise for proportions, colour mixing and tones. Contact me if you have any questions or want me to provide any more information in future recordings. These portraits are only small 7×5″ so if I’m not totally happy with what I’ve…
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!
Drawing Bowie
I tend to take photos of my work as it progresses. It’s nice to have a record of how the work has developed and can help with future artwork, plus provides me with content for my social media pages. A photograph can also highlight any areas that aren’t quite right and need addressing – after…
Amazing painting
Absolutely fabulous, Jackie. Really beautiful painting.