This small glass study was undertaken with the idea of learning to deal with reflective surfaces and coloured glass and how the use of layers of paint and glazes can give a more sophisticated ‘old master’ feel to the work. Colours used: •Titanium white •Burnt umber •Ultramarine blue •Mars black •Burnt sienna •Raw sienna •Yellow…
The joys of a ‘sta-wet’ palette
Phil gave me a Masterson “Sta-wet” palette for Christmas. I have always just worked on a glass mixing surface I had cut, which I scrape clean with a scraper when the paint is dry. However living in this part of the world where laundry dries before it is even hung on the line I find…
A colour challenge
These three paintings revolve around mastering colour and understanding how the colour wheel works. The technical side of the roofscape drawing leaves much to be desired as the perspective is skwonk, but the colour aspect was the object of this exercise and that was successful…. I suspect some drawing lessons will definitely be required if…
Impressionistic Landscape
I am trying a more painterly approach in an attempt to create an impressionistic feel to my work. Landscapes are a new genre so style, technique and subject matter are all very strange to me. I have used a watercolour technique in some areas, applying very thin washes to the under-painting and then building on…
A lilac landscape……
Lilac Landscape Acrylic on canvas 30 X 30cm Paints used in this canvas Titanium white Burnt umber Ultramarine blue Cadmium yellow light Permanent Alizarin crimson To the primed canvas I applied a yellow ochre coloured ground. This will help to give me a unified tone to the landscape and a nice under glow of colour….
A full glass of water
Paints used in this painting: · Titanium white · Burnt umber · Mars black · Yellow ochre For a while I have wanted to learn how to deal with painting water in a glass. It always just seemed so impossibly tricky to get right. In my case it was no time like the present…. Glass…
Still life with teacup, jug and lemon
I began a course on Acrylic painting online with Will Kemp Art School. The idea was to not only improve my painting techniques, but also to explore how to get acrylic to look like oil with all those beautiful shiny glazes and reflected light. The Acrylic pigments I used were as follows: • Titanium white…
A juicy succulent cherry
My juicy cherry was created using the following paints: • titanium white. • Burnt umber • Raw umber • Cadmium red light • Cadmium red medium • Cadmium yellow light • Permanent Alizarin crimson • Green gold • Phthalo blue (red shade) A coloured ground of raw umber mixed with titanium white was painted…
Jug still life – A limited palette
I have wanted to try my hand at still life painting for a while now, but haven’t felt quite confident enough to take on the challenge on my own. It was in school last that I did any kind of still life painting so I was looking for support in the form of online courses…
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Fruits of my procrastination…..
We are heading off on our summer holiday in a few days and I hate packing so in an attempt to avoid the suitcases I found a quick drawing project to occupy my time inspired by Fathers Day this last Sunday….. Persimmon {Diospyros kaki} A4 Artists sketch paper Pencil crayon and B pencil Persimmons are…
Baardsuikerbos Protea
Protea neriifolia A4 Sketch Paper Pencil crayon and B pencil When I think of Cape Town I think of the mountain, and the proteas in full bloom on it’s slopes… Protea neriifolia was first discovered in 1597, was illustrated in 1605, and has the distinction of being the first protea ever to be mentioned in…
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