ASSIGNMENT 2, using plywood to paint on.
ASSIGNMENT 2, using plywood to paint on.
A stab at in pastel of a Joan Mitchell painting. This was really difficult as her marks are so gestural, intuitive and free. I might have been more successful if I had used paint. The freedom of marks are so important almost like calligraphy, then the history of layering paint over on top again and again, intense reworking and reworking, then editing over it all ‘with white. It made me really look and I may have another go with oils. I wonder how long it took her?
A stab at in pastel of a Joan Mitchell painting. This was really difficult as her marks are so gestural, intuitive and free. I might have been more successful if I had used paint. The freedom of marks are so important almost like calligraphy, then the history of...
I’m sharing the work I did following the most recent lesson about transferring from the sketchbook to canvas. These are painted on paper rather than canvas, but I used the same methodology. It was a very interesting exercise, and I also used ultramarine which is a colour I wouldn’t normally include in my colour palette. Any comments gratefully received.
I'm sharing the work I did following the most recent lesson about transferring from the sketchbook to canvas. These are painted on paper rather than canvas, but I used the same methodology. It was a very interesting exercise, and I also used ultramarine which is...
Hi, I’m enjoying the course so far, especially emphazising the lines and colour combination. Just finished Assignment 1. I used colour pencils and Artisan water mixable oil colours. I
Hi, I'm enjoying the course so far, especially emphazising the lines and colour combination. Just finished Assignment 1. I used colour pencils and Artisan water mixable oil colours. I
Hi, I’m enjoying the course so far, especially emphazising the lines and colour combination. Just finished Assignment 1. I used colour pencils and Artisan water mixable oil colours. I
Hi, I'm enjoying the course so far, especially emphazising the lines and colour combination. Just finished Assignment 1. I used colour pencils and Artisan water mixable oil colours. I
Transcript Pierre Bonnard. I loved the use of colour in this. The bright yellow and the blues, the painting comes together beautifully!
Transcript Pierre Bonnard. I loved the use of colour in this. The bright yellow and the blues, the painting comes together beautifully!
I am just joining. This is a very loose, quick landscape in oils using basic series 1 pigments. Comments, please!
I am just joining. This is a very loose, quick landscape in oils using basic series 1 pigments. Comments, please!
Transcript Pierre Bonnard. I loved his colours and the way he places colour on top of colour and all the marks he makes on his paintings.
Transcript Pierre Bonnard. I loved his colours and the way he places colour on top of colour and all the marks he makes on his paintings.
I have always loved Monet, particularly his later paintings. His bridge paintings really inspire me. So I chose one of them and tried to learn from the mark making and colour.
I have always loved Monet, particularly his later paintings. His bridge paintings really inspire me. So I chose one of them and tried to learn from the mark making and colour.
I’ve just joined and was keen to get stuck in. My first assignment was to draw and paint out doors in a landscape that had meaning for me. I suffer from fibromyalgia which makes painting outside tricky. It was only the 2nd time I’ve been out on my own without help. I sat on a log and somehow managed to balance my equipment on it. I used a selection of media. Unfortunately as I was about to start using the coloured pencils I found in my father’s studio – probably 50 years old it started to rain. I decided my watercolour already had plenty of water in it and headed off for a coffee.
I've just joined and was keen to get stuck in. My first assignment was to draw and paint out doors in a landscape that had meaning for me. I suffer from fibromyalgia which makes painting outside tricky. It was only the 2nd time I've been out on my own...
Structural drawing, second go
Structural drawing, second go
Reproduction of Euan Uglow ‘Spanish Townscape with Church Tower’ 1952, Segovia. The original is in oil this attempt is in watercolour. The image is in my book ‘Euan Uglow the complete paintings’ unfortunately I have failed to find this wonderful painting on the web to point you to it. I dare not publish it because of copyright!There is a distance photo I will put on my Instagram account in due course. Please take my word for it that the real image has more subtle changes in tone than I could achieve. Nevertheless a great exercise in studying the complexities of a master painter, thank you Louise for the video tutorial.
Reproduction of Euan Uglow ‘Spanish Townscape with Church Tower’ 1952, Segovia. The original is in oil this attempt is in watercolour. The image is in my book ‘Euan Uglow the complete paintings’ unfortunately I have failed to find this wonderful painting on the web to...
Colour and tone test sheets for reproduction of a Euan Uglow painting. Trying to look closely but too complex to achieve anything like an accurate match.
Colour and tone test sheets for reproduction of a Euan Uglow painting. Trying to look closely but too complex to achieve anything like an accurate match.
My effort at transcribing a section of Monet Wisteria painting. In the spirit of Monet I painted over an earlier painting some of which is still visible. The painting underneath was an earlier attempt last year to copy his Waterlilies palette. I just set out the pure colours and mixed as I went along for 20 mins.
My effort at transcribing a section of Monet Wisteria painting. In the spirit of Monet I painted over an earlier painting some of which is still visible. The painting underneath was an earlier attempt last year to copy his Waterlilies palette. I just set out the pure...
Hello, I have only recently joined here (so I’m still absorbing the techniques Louise teaches) but I wanted to post a recent painting. I painted this work yesterday and welcome feedback. I painted it en plein air, but felt it was flat and too polite! I wanted some drama, so I recollected a recent dramatic sky that I had photographed and then tried again. I feel that I was trying to think my way through the painting, rather than trying to get into a flow state. I know it needs more attack and energy. Thanks Philip
Hello, I have only recently joined here (so I'm still absorbing the techniques Louise teaches) but I wanted to post a recent painting. I painted this work yesterday and welcome feedback. I painted it en plein air, but felt it was flat and too polite! I wanted...
Following up on the Monet discussion, a transcription (and the color swatches) of a detail from a Cy Twombly painting. Good practice for making energetic marks!
Following up on the Monet discussion, a transcription (and the color swatches) of a detail from a Cy Twombly painting. Good practice for making energetic marks!
Sketch from a sketch – it’s too hot (42deg) to even think about painting outside so this a remembering of early summer & lots of green with foxgloves. Gouache to see how many layers I could paint with it….it took a very patient while waiting for paint to dry before adding more, wiping it off, adding more, drawing with oil pastel. Good fun & a big experiment
Sketch from a sketch – it’s too hot (42deg) to even think about painting outside so this a remembering of early summer & lots of green with foxgloves. Gouache to see how many layers I could paint with it….it took a very patient while waiting for paint to dry...
A view in Kent in early summer lots of greens
A view in Kent in early summer lots of greens
A try to interpretate David Tress
A try to interpretate David Tress
Painted on canvas board nice to work on did’ent look at sketch while painting .worked a second day on it and lost its original freshness and colours.
Painted on canvas board nice to work on did'ent look at sketch while painting .worked a second day on it and lost its original freshness and colours.
Sitting by the edge of the pond with moorhen pottering in the rushes.. cooler very early morning. I tried acrylic this time as I wasn’t far from the house so could take a few more tubes with me. It’s so interesting playing with these different media for sketching moments…Im hoping that all of this will help develop my painting with oils when I get back to them. More freedom & looseness. – I can hope anyway!
Sitting by the edge of the pond with moorhen pottering in the rushes.. cooler very early morning. I tried acrylic this time as I wasn't far from the house so could take a few more tubes with me. It’s so interesting playing with these different media for sketching...
Taking a break from ‘painting’ is being good…I’m enjoying the daily quick sketching of life around my patch of France. Early morning wander with dogs rootling in the harvested fields, red legged partridge, startled blackbird, liquid song of the oriole, cooler breeze shifting clouds making way for searing heat.. gouache is easy to transport on morning walks
Taking a break from 'painting' is being good…I'm enjoying the daily quick sketching of life around my patch of France. Early morning wander with dogs rootling in the harvested fields, red legged partridge, startled blackbird, liquid song of the...