‘Some sort of mixture’, showing some of the things that I have been plodding on with since I last posted – sometimes there’s no internet to post as I finish…or I’m in a rush…..or its too dark to photograph… I’ve been very grateful recently, to watch and follow both Marc Delassio and Peter Brown. […]
‘Rhiwbeth Mixture’…. Read More »
Again – oil on board sketch thinking about light. Cadmium orange, Cadmium yellow, white, Burnt sienna, Cobalt blue and Alizarin Crimson.
Sunlight on Plantpot. Read More »
Canvas mounted on board with oil. It was so bright again when I began this. The tree caught my attention really and the very bright orange roof behind.
Oil sketch of Lee on Solent. Read More »
Today was wet so I painted indoors and got this far…..
Self portrait in the kitchen. Read More »
More yellow paint on the basket!
Sargent inspired red and basket work – revisions! Read More »
There were some great paintings with red as a key colour in the Singer Sargent exhibition. I was also very taken with the basket work chair, that Robert Lewis Stephenson was painted sitting in. Sargent had really worked to capture the shine and colour with many layers of paint. I need a more yellow
Thinking about Sargent – reds and basket work. Read More »
Yesterday I was very lucky to see the Sargent exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery. This sketch was much smaller than I had imagined it – only having seen it reproduced in a book. It contained a great deal of sand which must have been incorporated, as it was made on the beach. I
Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Read More »
West beach near Arundel West Sussex.
Tone – water colour versus oil paint. Read More »
Today I’ve been looking at tones with Prussian blue to make the darks. I have been using Phthalo blue for some time but although it makes a great dark I dislike the greenish effect it gives in lighter mixes. So far so good. Had a think about reflection too as the front of our microwave
Replacing Phthalo blue with Prussian blue and trying dark tones. Read More »