Pleasing day again today. Worked on 4 pictures in total, and moved forward on them all. Except for the Abbey (Picture 5), I have a clear vision on how to complete them all now. Came up with an idea for the market stalls, which is to use prints to represent the fruit (round fruit anyway […]
Day 3 – Tuesday 27th May
Day 3 – lots of work, but don’t seem to be making enough progress! Should be half-way through by now but doesn’t feel that way. Started late again today (10.30), but still working at 9pm, so probably did 8 hours. Picture 2, the baskets, is moving along well and I see a clear resolution to […]
Day 2 Monday 26th May
A late night last night resulted in a late start this morning. Bank Holiday of course so Jane was late up too. Today I started blocking out the main areas of the design, using acrylic inks. I sketched on the main blocks, in either pencil or ink, and then used a lino roller or a […]
Day 1 – Sunday 25th May
I have a weeks holiday booked – half-term. I’ve set myself the challenge of creating 6 paintings in 6 days. Several reasons 1) I need to produce some pictures for the upcoming St. Albans Exhibition 2) I want to see if the mixed media style that was successful for me with Sennen Cove can be […]
JMW Turner
Saw the fantastic “Turner and the Sea” exhibition in Greenwich recently, and was so inspired thought I’d try and copy one of his. So here’s my “Fighting Temeraire” It was good to do this, learnt a lot. Mainly how good Turner was! I was quite happy with it though, especially the sea, which I felt […]
William Congdon
Executed a piece I’ve had in mind for some time today It’s in the style of William Congdon. Congdon was an American artist from the Action Painting school, of which Jackson Pollock is the most famous. Congdon moved to Europe after the war, and developed a figurative element to the style. He would […]
Egon Schiele
Back at Insights School Friday morning. Everyone had heard about my Prize, courtesy of Maureen who had been to the show. Even more embarrassment. Today was life drawing, in the style of Egon Schiele. We drew using charcoal, tied to the end of a stick to create a looser, more energetic line. […]
Private View
Winner! Sennen Cove – John Goss Award 2014 for Best in Show, Hertford Art Scoiety
Sennen Cove won the John Goss Award for Best in Show at the Hertford Art Society Open Exhibition 2014