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I used acrylics, as this is what I had, but experimented with only using palette knives of varying sizes/shape plus other mark making implements – bits of card/cut up credit cards, small plaster cleaning tool and a large household paintbrush. I did a very rough sketch of a landscape but was more interested in the gestural marks than representation. It’s a mess but it was an interesting exercise and thought provoking.

I used acrylics, as this is what I had, but experimented with only using palette knives of varying sizes/shape plus other mark making implements – bits of card/cut up credit cards, small plaster cleaning tool and a large household paintbrush. I did a very rough sketch of a landscape but was more interested in the gestural marks than representation. It’s a mess but it was an interesting exercise and thought provoking.

by | 11th November 2023

I used acrylics, as this is what I had, but experimented with only using palette knives of varying sizes/shape plus other mark making implements – bits of card/cut up credit cards, small plaster cleaning tool and a large household paintbrush. I did a very rough...
just playing around with the four blues I have at the moment; prussian, Ultramarine, pthalo and Indanthrone. mixed with white and terra rosa. totally unscientific. Mostly used a palette knife, as i have never really used one except to mix paint! On sketching paper. I’m allergic to solvents, so this was solvent free and probably I can’t make paint quite as sloppy as otherwise. But sloppy for me! Next time i will get bigger sheets of paper.

just playing around with the four blues I have at the moment; prussian, Ultramarine, pthalo and Indanthrone. mixed with white and terra rosa. totally unscientific. Mostly used a palette knife, as i have never really used one except to mix paint! On sketching paper. I’m allergic to solvents, so this was solvent free and probably I can’t make paint quite as sloppy as otherwise. But sloppy for me! Next time i will get bigger sheets of paper.

by | 9th November 2023

just playing around with the four blues I have at the moment; prussian, Ultramarine, pthalo and Indanthrone. mixed with white and terra rosa. totally unscientific. Mostly used a palette knife, as i have never really used one except to mix paint! On sketching paper....
Esherness is on the West Coast of the Shetland Mainland. This is a large canvas painted with acrylic. A gale was blowing when I was there so a quick sketch was made and the picture was then made in my studio. This type of subject makes for great fun when paintong as there is a mass of movement to portray.

Esherness is on the West Coast of the Shetland Mainland. This is a large canvas painted with acrylic. A gale was blowing when I was there so a quick sketch was made and the picture was then made in my studio. This type of subject makes for great fun when paintong as there is a mass of movement to portray.

by | 8th November 2023

Esherness is on the West Coast of the Shetland Mainland. This is a large canvas painted with acrylic. A gale was blowing when I was there so a quick sketch was made and the picture was then made in my studio. This type of subject makes for great fun when paintong as...
I have been using oils for 6 or 7 years and have always mixed my own medium, as you do. I paint approx. 150 oils each year mostly en plein air, so don’t use much medium, but I use it mainly to soften paint which has become a little dry and hard. Here is an oil of life on board a tall ship, here I used sketches and some etchings as inspiration, and yes, it was made indoors. I have never used palette knives to paint with, only for mixing, so i will use this opportunity to learn how to paint with them, and see how they work. Thank you

I have been using oils for 6 or 7 years and have always mixed my own medium, as you do. I paint approx. 150 oils each year mostly en plein air, so don’t use much medium, but I use it mainly to soften paint which has become a little dry and hard. Here is an oil of life on board a tall ship, here I used sketches and some etchings as inspiration, and yes, it was made indoors. I have never used palette knives to paint with, only for mixing, so i will use this opportunity to learn how to paint with them, and see how they work. Thank you

by | 6th November 2023

I have been using oils for 6 or 7 years and have always mixed my own medium, as you do. I paint approx. 150 oils each year mostly en plein air, so don’t use much medium, but I use it mainly to soften paint which has become a little dry and hard. Here is an oil of life...
Art Graf – apologies, everyone – I was thinking of aquarelle pencils! There are different formats – pencil, big soft chunks (which go hard almost immediately but can be used as for the one in the little pot when water is added.

Art Graf – apologies, everyone – I was thinking of aquarelle pencils! There are different formats – pencil, big soft chunks (which go hard almost immediately but can be used as for the one in the little pot when water is added.

by | 5th November 2023

Art Graf – apologies, everyone – I was thinking of aquarelle pencils! There are different formats – pencil, big soft chunks (which go hard almost immediately but can be used as for the one in the little pot when water is added.
I’m really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is using a lavender daniel smith watercolour stick and watercolours, of what I hope is an easily recognisable place !

I’m really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is using a lavender daniel smith watercolour stick and watercolours, of what I hope is an easily recognisable place !

by | 1st November 2023

I'm really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is using a lavender daniel smith watercolour stick and...
I’m really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is pen and watercolour, of what I hope is an easily recognisable place !

I’m really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is pen and watercolour, of what I hope is an easily recognisable place !

by | 1st November 2023

I'm really really behind, but did finally manage to do quite a lot of drawings when down in London last week, very much experimenting with materials, sketchbooks, what is possible for me to carry . . . . this is pen and watercolour, of what I hope is an easily...