Posts Tagged ‘oils’
Warm-up exercises for artists (2)
January 19, 2013
Warm-up no. 4: Free line and wash exercise inspired by Auguste Rodin Above: Auguste Rodin drawing with wash You need: a) Drawing(s) of dancers by Auguste Rodin (find them within this blogpost and elsewhere online). b) You will also need a photo of a dancing figure. c) For drawing, have paper that is thick enough to cope with some water […]
2013 | Blog | Tags: blog, oils, Rodin, sketchbook, warm-ups
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)
September light and the golden hour
September 23, 2012
Some thoughts on September sunlight Above: detail from Camille Pissarro’s “Mirbeau’s Garden, The Terrace” Though you may be have been expecting a third blogpost on horse eyes this weekend, I cannot resist going off at a tangent for a moment. The late summer light here in Hertfordshire in the south-east of England has been so special that I must […]
2012 | Blog | Tags: blog, colour theory, golden hour, light, oils
Oil sketches of Freddy
May 19, 2012
In this post I share some oil sketches that I made of my old terrier… This post is in memory of my dear border terrier, Freddy, who died at the beginning of this month. Over two weeks have passed since the end of his life and, though I felt devastated to start with, […]
