Next

Detail of start of new painting. Same girl, different colours.

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. 

Not So Sad 16" x 20" Oil

Linda 10" x 12" Oil

OK, Linda, payback time! An exercise in getting the essence down quickly. And using up the paint on the palette, which was a big pile of mixed darks. And using a used canvas. Success I reckon, on all counts! Enjoyed this. It is good practice and I should do it more often.

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

Weird Curtain 20" x 16" oil

Brancaster Staithe Sheds 14" x 5" Oil

WA

 

 Look At You!  26" x 18" (approx.) Charcoal

 

Made a start on another SP! Happy so far, but I saturated it with fixative, which ran, 8( , and meant I had to leave it until completely dry.

So I did this..........

 

Hood  10" x 12"  Charcoal

Selfie 20" x 16" Oil Start

 

The start of a new self portrait, to be entered for the Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Competition, if it works out OK.

 



Ali 16" x 20" Oil In Progress

 

 

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! 

Eat - Progress

Eat 16" x 20" x 3 Charcoal

 

From photos taken at Hertford Life Drawing......beginnings of drawings destined for Hertford Art Society Annual Exhibition. Not sure about them yet. I do have better, more interesting photos, I think.

Can anyone tell me why I am only able to resize two of the three images ? !



En Plein Air - Brancaster Staithe

I had such a good time again, with brilliant company, including  Mo Teeuw , Haidee-Jo Summers, Gail Tointon, Malcolm Cudmore, Mari French,  Pat Tinsley, Candide Turnerbridger, Helen Herbert,  at the weather behaving, until the heavens opened at about 3pm, a scrummy lunch in the pub. I could wish for painting better paintings, but that will come with practise and experience. I did finally get to meet Peter Barker.............watched him paint, had a lovely chat..............icing on the cake!

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!

BP Portrait?

 

 

Work in progress, and I like this image and am wondering if it could be a suitable candidate for the BP Portrait Award? Your thoughts would be appreciated!

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

Brancaster Staithe

 Brancaster Stripes   10" x 12"  Oil

 

Brancaster Shed  10" x 12"  Oil

 

My second outing, painting en plein air and again I had an absolutely glorious day. The weather was fabulous, obviously cold, but brilliant sunshine all day, lunch in a warm welcoming pub and the company of really lovely people. Well what more could anyone wish for!

 

We have a Facebook page, here, which is well worth a look.