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All my daily paintings – Private View
Scroll down for larger versions. Embellished blue Bottle (sold) & Mustard Salver with a spoon Woodward bottle and Blossom in a blue bottle Pale Blue bottle (sold) & Turquoise bottle Primroses...
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The Tulip project – Ucare
Scroll right down to read about the exciting Ucare project. If you are able to visit me at Aston Tirrold during Artweeks on the 21st and 22nd May, you’ll see these tulips I was experimenting with, for...
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Photoshop for Kids – lesson 5 and 6 – Silly Faces
I wanted to work with photos and wondered how to make it interesting. I asked Isabel to take three photos of each person. An action shot, a silly face and a portrait. I thought silly faces would be...
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Demo of Oil painting
Well, Artweeks is over for another year. I am winding down after a total of 7 days invigilating and doing demos on 3 consecutive days. Here is my corner of the exhibition at one of the venues:...
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Oil Painting Demo – The Composition
I like having a grid or under strcuture of verticals and horizontals. This kind of structure feels a bit architectural and just pleases me. So to add a touch of complexity I added a small vertical 5mm...
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Demo Painting of a mustard salver
I demonstrated a small oil painting at Ardington School of Craft and photographed a few of the stages. To view the planning and a photo of the actual still life, check the previous blog post. I like...
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Shopping for Inspiration
For a treat after the hard work of Artweeks, I went on a spending spree, armed with a (magnificent) budget of £40 to find some blue glass bottles. In the end I saw some fake-old coloured bottles,...
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Tulip stylisation
You’ll be hearing about tulips for the next five weeks as Tulipmania sets in here! I will be in the Ucare charity tent at Art in Action 2016 as one of their artists, and I will be showing my oil...
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Another two tulip cards designed
I will be in the Ucare charity tent at Art in Action 2016 as one of their artists, and I am currently designing some tulip cards featuring Ucare’s adopted tulip Tulipa ‘Caresse’. View the first one by...
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Tulips in a white vase
I am currently designing some greetings cards as part of my Ucare tulip project as I will be a resident artist in the Ucare tent at Art in Action in mid-July. Ucare is a cancer research charity and the...
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