3 August 2018
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I’ve had a productive week at the Oxford Summer School, doing Jane Strother’s Composition and Colour for Painters course. Five days, five full paintings, most of which I’ll probably give some wall time to at home, a good handful of … Continue reading
2 August 2018
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Today’s plan had been to underpaint three long canvases and do a fairly pictorial painting. However, I got sidetracked: Having done the first part, I got drawn in by that glorious orange. I had used a slightly reduced colour for … Continue reading
1 August 2018
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Last September, Jane and I visited Staithes on the North Yorkshire coast and spend sometime sketching down by the harbour. Today, at the Oxford Summer School, I concentrated on reworking one of the views I captured: I have some tall … Continue reading
31 July 2018
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Paintings change when you start working on them. In this one, based on a tonal collage based on a recent sketch, I was surprised to see the figure of William Shakespeare emerging: I started off by blocking in mid, light … Continue reading
30 July 2018
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Today’s word of the day for me is coccolithophore. These are single celled organisms protected by bony plates which cause them to reflect light in interesting ways. One of the other people on the Oxford Summer School course I am … Continue reading