Life drawings 8/11/2020. Still trying to let go of local colour and tight representation and draw/paint faster without thinking too much. Various durations from 5m to 2 hours using combinations of acrylic, ink, soft pastels and graphite. All on A1 paper (59 x 84cm)
Here’s my attempt at painting @melanieblatt in 4 hours in the company of @ingeartist. I’m still trying to loosen up and paint faster than I can think, so ended up going a bit ‘off piste’ with this one. My apologies for any perceived slight… 😬 Brilliant and funny conversation, though, so the time just flew by! Acrylic and …
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Here’s my attempt at painting @therealnihal in 4 hours in the company of @dorianraduart. I must say I found that to be the hardest one yet. I was trying to let go and experiment a bit more, but kept having to wrestle to stop it turning into a caricature. To be honest, I’m not sure I was successful, …
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Life drawings 19/10/20:1) acrylic, ink, soft pastels and chalk (45m);2) acrylic and ink (2 hrs);3) ink, chalk soft pastels (multiple 5m poses);4) ink, charcoal and chalk (30m);(All on A1 paper 85cm x 59cm)
Here’s my attempt at painting @anniemacmanus in 4 hours in the company of @sara.lavelle and the Judgementals. I struggled for a likeness but it was brilliant fun, as always! (Acrylic on panel 61cm x 61cm)Live on @SkyArts Facebook page every Sunday at 10am-2pm UK time, so what are you waiting for? Grab a brush and join in!
This is another attempt to paint faster than I can think (shouldn’t be difficult, right? 🙄😉). It’s a random multiple figure composition which seeks to take inspiration from a diverse range of paintings; Le Joie de Vivre ( Henri Matisse); The Mud Bath (David Bomberg); Las Meninas (Diego Velázquez); La Dejeuner Sur L’herbe (Édouard Manet); …
This is a video of my attempt to make a Cubist-inspired sculpture. It’s formed from a single A4 sheet of copper using a process I tentatively call ‘etch-forming’. The intention is to provide ‘clues’ to the sculpture being a figure but without spelling it out for the viewer. It’s very much based on David Hockney’s …
I’m not sure I’ll ever be a ‘painterly’ painter but am still trying to loosen up my painting. I keep thinking about something Alex Kanevsky said in a workshop; ‘Paint faster than you think.’, so have tried to give it a go with this piece. Painting without thought actually made the activity much more enjoyable …
Life drawings 5/10/20. Still trying to let go of representation and local colour, so tried to keep in mind Matisse’s Blue Nude as well as Picasso’s maximum, ‘If you don’t have red, use blue’. Acrylic, acrylic, pastels, ink & charcoal all on A1 paper (81x59cm)
Trying to overcome my tendency to get bogged down with local colour. (Both acrylic on A1 paper 84 x 59cm)