About painting, drawing and sketching…
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Alla Prima Portrait On Paper
I had some left over paint on the palette and did a quick alla prima portrait on gessoed watercolour paper.
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Work In Progress – Getting Inspiration From Bad Photos
Since my kids rarely agree to model for me I often have to resort to photos. (I don’t use bribes. That wouldn’t feel like good parenting). I think a bad photo can be an excellent trigger for an interesting painting. The subject in a perfect photo is probably better left as a photo and using something…
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Watercolour Freestyle
After struggling a while with oil I felt like doing very free watercolours and do almost abstract portraits. It is easier to dare with watercolours.
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Selfportrait
I haven’t done a selfportrait in oil for years but I got tired of painting from photos ( my kids won’t sit still for very long). With a mirror it’s easier to leave out the worst wrinkles and sharp shadows. When I paint from photos I focus to much on details. I’m not a redhead.…
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My Two Peppers Painting
Finally finished a small oil of my daughters where I tried very different colours than my usual ones. The first base sketch was made with acrylics and I haven’t completely covered it with oils. I wasn’t pleased with the face of my youngest to the right so I repainted it to make it look like…
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Painting Over An Abandoned Portrait
Last year I started a portrait on a larger than my usual size canvas. I left it for several reasons. Colours, Bad likeness, bad composition and bad painting. I had not used the whole surface of the canvas so there was large boring areas. I find that the easiest way to make an image more…