This is the last painting in the series of a course Phil gave me for Christmas in 2013. I know, I know, more than a year ago, but I have been so busy with all my other art and giving in to urges to paint all sorts of other exciting things that I put this…
An Iconic icon moment!
I have always loved Russian Icons, and since the day I saw them hanging in a friends home they became an obsession. One of those obsessions you keep with you because you are not sure how you are going to get your hands on one unless you paint it yourself. Painting something yourself isn’t always the…
Exploring landscape techniques
I have spent the last 10 odd years doing my organic landscapes influenced by my desert surrounds. Recently I have tried exploring other types of landscapes. I don’t often get the time to just paint as so much of my time is spent doing commissions, but every now and again I like to do something…
A review on the documentary “Tim’s Vermeer”
A couple of days ago I was told to watch a movie called, “Tim’s Vermeer”. I wasn’t sure I wanted to, some myths are not meant to be solved, but at the same time the concept of what Tim Jenison was proposing intrigued me. At the end of the day Vermeer was a master, whether…
Another portrait
When I look at my first ever portrait and my most recent of the same subject I have come a long way. The choice of paper for the first sketch was very coarse sketch book paper because it was all very experimental. The coarseness of the paper tends to catch a lot of the graphite of the softer…
Drawing hair
When I start a portrait I spend a lot of time identifying a photograph that will make the best portrait, studying it and understanding the balance between the light and dark contrasts (which will help create the 3D shape) and positive and negative shapes and planes. Ideally it is better to work from a few…
Tips for selecting a photograph for a portrait study
Since starting to draw portraits good source photographs are sometimes a challenge. Usually I get the client to come here and my daughter takes the photographs, or we go there. With internet orders this kind of service is not always available, especially if you live far away. So here are some pointers to consider when…
Blue Hibiscus
A bit of artistic license has been used in this painting as the instructions were very specific. It had to be a hibiscus, and it had to be blue. I certainly don’t have a blue hibiscus growing in my garden, and to be honest I am not even sure if there is such a cultivar….
Another Strelitzia
I love the variety of my work. I never have a chance to get bored with subject matter as there is always something different I am asked to create, and another mile long list of inspirational ideas and plans I still want to try out! My love of flowers continues to flourish! Here is my…
Prolific portraiting alert….
The last while I have been doing more portraits in pencil than I have been painting and there are more portraits to come. I’m not complaining, as I am thoroughly enjoying the process. I have posted these with the photographs supplied to me by the subjects Mum’s (with permission of course). Photographic source material Pencil…
More portraits…
Just before Christmas I was busy with portraits for various gifts and commissions for gifts. Some I could post and some I couldn’t. Here are the ones that could only be posted after the gifts had been dispatched and opened. I had so much fun doing them. And my challenge for 2015… Is translating sketches…
Golden Delicious
This was an exercise in creating a shape from developing the light and shade to build the form of the apple. For the coloured ground (the yellow under painting I apply to the white canvas before I draw on the shape and begin painting) I used the following: Yellow ochre Cadmium yellow light For the…
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