Wash Art Group

 More Marbles   4" x 6"  Watercolour

 Skipping Rope  4" x 6"  Watercolour + Ink

Oliver  10" x 12"  Oil  In Progress No 2

I'm wondering if is chin is still too long? And his eyes in the wrong place, and his mouth not wide enough, and haven't got a slight tilt to the head?????............boy, am I having trouble with this one! It is marginally better than the first one, so I shall finish this.

David 20" x 16" Oil

Drew this first with burnt umber, probably because of the coat, but then continued in my usual way with ultramarine, cad red and raw sienna. And I did use titanium white on the T-shirt and highlights. Seems like I have extended my palette with no conscious thought of doing so. Ha, go with the flow, then!  ;-o

Slow Progress

A couple of glazes on the skirts and one on the face, and it is coming together very slowly. I am going to have to buy me a fast drying medium before this drives me nuts!

WAG Portrait from Life

Young Jasper came to sit for us today and he was brilliant. A delightful young man, who not only did not move a muscle, but was also very impressed by our efforts. 

This painting was also done by my technique of using very thin paint, different colours straight from the tube  and using no medium to thin it. Much easier to control and to get 'portrait' colours. Loved it!

This is what I had hoped to demonstrate and teach yesterday!

WA - Self Portrait

Sharon

 Linda

 June

 Valerie

 Christine

                   

Judith

 Veronica

Michelle

The girls kindly allowed me to show them how I start off  a portrait, in oils. None of them paint portraits and most of them are unfamiliar with oils, so....brave girls. 

I started by going through the basic proportions, eyes halfway between top and chin, nose halfway between eyes and chin, etc. I asked them to make an underpainting in one colour, paying attention to form, light and dark, shapes. I didn't do much of a demo, preferring to talk to folks about their own work and worries. I applaud every one for having a good go, and getting very close to a likeness. You would be able to match each girl with her portrait, which is a fantastic achievement for a first attempt. 

I had a good time, despite not usually liking to be in the spotlight, and finding it difficult to articulate my methods, but I am thrilled with the results. The girls enjoyed it too, and we even talked about 'next time'! 

Two Starts

WA

Graham  16" x 20"  Oil  WIP (maybe)

For the last meeting before the summer break we could do our own thing. This gentleman intrigued me with his facial hair and, of course the hat. I do love a hat as you know. He was a visitor to an exhibition I was a part of and I plucked up the courage to ask for a photo. 

WAG

More Bacon  10" x 12"  Oil 

Coast Two   24" x 8"  Oil wip

Pout 10" x 12" Oil WIP

I seem to have slowed up on this one, as I have had a couple of two hour sessions already, and it seems nowhere near finished yet! I like her posing, her pouting and her wagging finger. And the light behind her.

WA - Tourism, what brings folk to Norfolk.

Why, Broads and Crabs of course!

Norfolk Broads  12" x 10"  Oil

Cromer Crabs  12" x 10"  Oil

Alan 20" x 16" Oil WIP

Linda W Roth +++++

While chatting on Skype to Linda yesterday, she took a couple of snaps of me and then today painted a portrait using one of the photos for reference. I have to say that I wasn't expecting this! No doubt it is me though, is there? I love the freedom and expression, Linda is no timid wallflower! Live and learn.....next time someone points a camera at me I shall keep a straight face!

My own efforts today have been rather timid, though, in comparison.............

 Steph  10" x 12"  Oil  WIP Block in

Not such a good likeness yet, but that will come. Happy so far.

Linda with Fedora 16" x 20"  Oil

Odd Jobs

I framed this, today, to submit to the 'Off the Page' exhibition by the West Norfolk Artists Association.

 

 I also did some more work on 'Ali'.

 

I also tidied up 'Evie'



Low Tide 42" x 32" Oil

I have added a few more glazes to this today. I really wanted to sharpen up the boats, but when I eventually found a photograph, it was really small which explains the undefined painting.

 

I also prepared another larger canvas........and sat for an hour wondering what to paint! 20" x 16" is my comfort zone, anything larger and I don't want to waste it.....and so I can't begin! 

More Progress

Commission

I have started work on a commission today. Two portraits,  10" x 12",  both the same, a gift for the daughters of this lady, from her brother. 

Lunch 24" x 24" Oil

 

I have spent a couple of days wondering what to do about the background of this painting to make it a masterpiece (!) ;o  Asking advice on Facebook and playing with lots of options on Photoshop, but in the end I feel it grabs attention as it is. I might still fiddle with details, maybe darken the background, but it is done!

WA - Continue From Last Week......Winter Landscape

 

I finished last weeks effort, so started another. I had wanted to practise getting the wet sand in the forground..................failed again! Needed a dark undercoat BEFORE the scumbling! Live and learn.

 

I like this though!



Fiddling

 

 I have been fiddling! Can't seem to get down to serious work, but then I have this problem every year. This painting, which is huge, for me, was really bugging me, mainly because the boat in the forground is not big enough. So I sanded it down and have gone part way to obliterating it. See better already!

 

Brancaster Staithe  40" x 30"  Oil  WIP

 

 

Brancaster Shed  12" x 10"  Oil

Not Painting...Selling!

 

 

SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 I've not been painting because I have been framing, labelling, transporting and exhibiting. Last week I sold EIGHT.........YES 8!...........paintings. And this week I am framing, labelling, transporting for  exhibiting at

May the trend continue!