Posts Tagged ‘oil painting’
Memory pictures in progress
November 19, 2012
Exploring ideas around identity and memory Above: Vincent Van Gogh “Landscape with ploughed fields”, 1889, oil on canvas Starting points for art: Working from life vs. an emotional starting point I spend much of my time drawing and painting from life. Shapes, colours, tones and volumes interacting with one another in the real world are intriguing […]
2012 | Blog, Paintings | Media: acrylics, oils | Tags: acrylics, blog, death, dogs, Freddy, identity, memory, oil painting, oilsComments (1)
How to make yellow oil paint appear to glow, part 1
July 19, 2012
Here I investigate ways to achieve a stunning yellow glow within an oil painting Above: detail from Edouard Vuillard “Portrait of Henry and Marcel Kapferer” 1912 Introduction I am currently reading a wonderful book about Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940), copublished by The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art, Washington (there […]