I decided to name this ‘Mr Wise – A Owl’ from a clip I saw either from a movie or a TV show some years ago called ‘Phoneshop – Mr Wise (A Owl)’ that my daughter Catherine enjoyed watching. Since this painting is for her I wanted to give it this title. Continue reading Mr Wise – A Owl
I missed last week’s art class which was still life. We had to use an ornament, elderflowers and fruit. I chose to make up my own picture by just painting one object at a time and creating a sort of botanical example of several types of wild flowers. I chose a black mixed media and used watercolour. Continue reading A Touch of Summer
I loved visiting this beautiful nature reserve called Rantitoto Island just off the coast across from Auckland. I visited my daughter who has now emigrated to New Zealand and this was one placeI wanted to see. I liked this particular shot from a photo I took because of the colours in the water and all the different textures of the lava and unique vegetation that grows there. I used watercolour and a touch of Fauvism to create a different effect. Continue reading View From Rangitoto Island, New Zealand
The second of two paintings in watercolour of Hunstanton Cliffs this time using a different technique. I used a 10mm angular flat brush to create the rippling effect of the sea. I used the same technique for the cliffs but vertical patterns as well as horizontal. I used yellow ochre, vermillion, dark crimson, violet, ultramarine, dark green, raw umber and yellow. Continue reading Hunstanton Cliffs 2
A second attempt with this amazing actor using just two colours in acrylic – Payne’s Gray and Titanium White. I always begin with the eyes as for me they are the windows of the soul and if they look right and I can capture the essence of the person, then the rest will surely follow and I can continue in the knowledge that at least if the eyes are right the rest will usually turn out how I want it. However, that really isn’t how it works out as I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to … Continue reading Eric Porter 2
Eric Porter was and still is one of my favourite actors of all times. At the age of sixteen I watched him play Soames Forsyte in The original Forsyte Saga. I challenged myself to do this portrait in just three … Continue reading Eric Porter
This week’s project for online art class was Hunstanton Cliffs, a place I’ve visited on many occasions. Great subject for painting and when I saw this was our work for this week, I was really pleased. It was great fun … Continue reading Hunstanton Cliffs
There are a lot of unusual and humorous ideas floating about at the moment during lockdown, one of them to re-compose a copy of the old masters. So I thought as my cat is rather an amusing character and I don’t really care for old portraits particularly, that it would be fun to reinvent it by using my cat as the subject with acrylics on acrylic A3 paper. Colours used were Mars Black, Titanium White, Payne’s Gray, Caeruleum Blue, Pthalo Blue, Ultramarine, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Raw Umber. Continue reading The Cat With The Pearl Earring
This was the second of two pieces I had to do for this week’s art class online. This was done on mixed media white paper with soft pastels. I slightly changed the boat in the foreground and some of the … Continue reading Chichester Canal 2 (After Turner)
The first of two pieces of work for this week’s art class online of Turner’s Chichester Canal. This was done on brown paper with soft pastels. I tried oil pastels but couldn’t get the right texture. Continue reading Chichester Canal 1 (After Turner)
Wendy Parker's Art Gallery 