Get 10% OFF your first online course – Offer expires in minutes.
Online Art Courses
HomeGift vouchers
Here’s my pile of waiting-to-be-painted-over canvases! I seem to have accumulated quite a few that need attention. Some I thought were OK until I took them out of the painting room and into the daylight. I hope it’s not just me that has a stash of not-quite-so-wonderful pics lurking in a corner? The recent video is very welcome, & liberating…so, I’ll pick one of the many & get going..

Here’s my pile of waiting-to-be-painted-over canvases! I seem to have accumulated quite a few that need attention. Some I thought were OK until I took them out of the painting room and into the daylight. I hope it’s not just me that has a stash of not-quite-so-wonderful pics lurking in a corner? The recent video is very welcome, & liberating…so, I’ll pick one of the many & get going..

by | 20th July 2025

Here’s my pile of waiting-to-be-painted-over canvases! I seem to have accumulated quite a few that need attention. Some I thought were OK until I took them out of the painting room and into the daylight. I hope it’s not just me that has a stash of...
Moving on to a finished painting: second pass. Briefly, the green areas in the sky were de-emphasised but retained; the vertical brush marks on the left were removed and the sky was given more tonal range. I attempted to use a right brain approach when making the changes although I probably lapsed back into my usual thinking mode now and again. The marks in the sky tend to be in one direction and I’m still deciding how to add variety to that. Many thanks Louise and others for very useful feedback.

Moving on to a finished painting: second pass. Briefly, the green areas in the sky were de-emphasised but retained; the vertical brush marks on the left were removed and the sky was given more tonal range. I attempted to use a right brain approach when making the changes although I probably lapsed back into my usual thinking mode now and again. The marks in the sky tend to be in one direction and I’m still deciding how to add variety to that. Many thanks Louise and others for very useful feedback.

by | 18th July 2025

Moving on to a finished painting: second pass. Briefly, the green areas in the sky were de-emphasised but retained; the vertical brush marks on the left were removed and the sky was given more tonal range. I attempted to use a right brain approach when making the...
View towards the woods. Moving on to a finished painting: first pass The first pass of a landscape, oil on Arches oil paper 50 x 50 cm. Very helpful feedback from Louise and others suggested some changes that are shown in the next version.

View towards the woods. Moving on to a finished painting: first pass The first pass of a landscape, oil on Arches oil paper 50 x 50 cm. Very helpful feedback from Louise and others suggested some changes that are shown in the next version.

by | 18th July 2025

View towards the woods. Moving on to a finished painting: first pass The first pass of a landscape, oil on Arches oil paper 50 x 50 cm. Very helpful feedback from Louise and others suggested some changes that are shown in the next version.
This was my first attempt at copying inspired by the October 2023 lesson. Working from Turner’s Evening of the Deluge. Some challenges with the colored pencils matching and blending colors. Wanted to keep it fresh but it feels a bit amorphous. Maybe I need to start just working with black and white or grayscale?

This was my first attempt at copying inspired by the October 2023 lesson. Working from Turner’s Evening of the Deluge. Some challenges with the colored pencils matching and blending colors. Wanted to keep it fresh but it feels a bit amorphous. Maybe I need to start just working with black and white or grayscale?

by | 16th July 2025

This was my first attempt at copying inspired by the October 2023 lesson. Working from Turner’s Evening of the Deluge. Some challenges with the colored pencils matching and blending colors. Wanted to keep it fresh but it feels a bit amorphous. Maybe I need to start...
Working different sizes and on different materials continued… Here’s one I did yesterday and a very tiny piece of aluminium. I’ve included the tear off palette block for scale. I really enjoyed making this picture. I felt it was able to express what I’ve been trying to do using different mediums for the last couple of days – Suffolk summer.

Working different sizes and on different materials continued… Here’s one I did yesterday and a very tiny piece of aluminium. I’ve included the tear off palette block for scale. I really enjoyed making this picture. I felt it was able to express what I’ve been trying to do using different mediums for the last couple of days – Suffolk summer.

by | 12th July 2025

Working different sizes and on different materials continued… Here's one I did yesterday and a very tiny piece of aluminium. I've included the tear off palette block for scale. I really enjoyed making this picture. I felt it was able to express what...
I bought the Luke Hannam drawing course along with this subscription. I drew plants in a windowsill inspired by the first drawing in his course. This is not a landscape but I think it gives an idea of my touch and sensibility and one of the ways I draw from natural forms.

I bought the Luke Hannam drawing course along with this subscription. I drew plants in a windowsill inspired by the first drawing in his course. This is not a landscape but I think it gives an idea of my touch and sensibility and one of the ways I draw from natural forms.

by | 11th July 2025

I bought the Luke Hannam drawing course along with this subscription. I drew plants in a windowsill inspired by the first drawing in his course. This is not a landscape but I think it gives an idea of my touch and sensibility and one of the ways I draw from natural...
Went back into recently posted River painting. The water was too light and generally I thought the painting rather dull and cold compared to my sketches. Used big brushes and palette knives. I think it looks a bit more interesting than before. Sent me back to another one I wasn’t happy with …….

Went back into recently posted River painting. The water was too light and generally I thought the painting rather dull and cold compared to my sketches. Used big brushes and palette knives. I think it looks a bit more interesting than before. Sent me back to another one I wasn’t happy with …….

by | 9th July 2025

Went back into recently posted River painting. The water was too light and generally I thought the painting rather dull and cold compared to my sketches. Used big brushes and palette knives. I think it looks a bit more interesting than before. Sent me back to another...