I've been experimenting with more pastel tones in oil.
Really enjoyed painting this. I will be doing a few more variations on this theme.
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Sandcastles
I've been experimenting with more pastel tones in oil.
Really enjoyed painting this. I will be doing a few more variations on this theme.
Monday, 13 October 2014
Willowbrook farm
Had a lovely day sketching at Willowbrook farm in Hampton Gay yesterday.
I wish the sheep had stayed still a little longer, it's hard painting a moving target.
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Brill Windmill
Lovely location to do some Plein air painting at Brill Windmill in Oxfordshire.
Oxford St Giles garden Plein air
A beautiful morning painting in a garden in St Giles.
Della watercolour
My aunts best friend asked if I could try to paint her beautiful Rottweiler Della.
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Bodie ghost town - oil
I saw some wonderful photos that someone from work had taken of Bodie ghost town and luckily he gave me permission to use them as reference to do some paintings.
I love the strong sunlight and the colours of these images and hope I managed to capture the feel of the place in the painting.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Radcliffe Camera - watercolour
Having fun trying more buildings again. I need to keep this up. Lots of fun working on improving my buildings.
Morning walk - watercolour
At 12" x 16" this is a larger than usual watercolour than I am used to. Really enjoying my watercolours again at the moment.
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Turl Street Oxford - watercolour
I've been wanting to try my hand at painting street scenes lately and especially scenes from around Oxford.
I enjoyed painting this one so much, I can't wait to attempt other scenes from around Oxford.
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Chilli peppers - watercolour
Finished this off at last. I started this a while ago but kept getting distracted by painting in oils. Managed to buckle down and finish this one over the weekend.
Two small seascapes - oil
More seascapes to experiment on. Quite enjoyed painting round pictures rather than the normal format. It's difficult finding round frames though!
Rough sea - oil
It's about time I had a go at some water and boats in my painting.
Lots of fun but need to keep it up!
Young woman portrait - oil
I wanted to build up some experience with tying portraits.
Firstly painting her in shades of blue/green to get the tones correct and then adding the flesh tones using several glazes of oil.
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Serene moment
The inspiration for this was from a photo I took on a morning walk a few years ago. It was so peaceful that I wanted to see if I could capture the feeling in a painting.
Friday, 21 March 2014
St Mary's Church
Enjoying painting some smaller scenes at the moment.
This is based on a photograph I took a couple of years ago at our local Church.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Frosty morning1 oil
I wanted to try a couple of small winter scenes.
Here my dog walking friends Eileen and Clive are walking through the snow.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Shipton-on-Cherwell Oil
Painted for a local competition on canal art.
If it's one of the winners it will be exhibited during Oxford art weeks.
Keeping my fingers crossed!
Update -
Happy to say that I won third prize in the competition. My painting was displayed in two Oxford art centres.
I won a wonderful book on drawing by Giovanni Civardi. Very nice book indeed!
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Snowy river
30cm x 40cm oil painting based on a photo I took whilst walking Marlowe.
I have loved painting these last two snow scenes! Falling in love with painting in oils.
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