The paintings and sketches are just some from a recent St Ives painting short course I attended at the St Ives school of painting. I was down there for five days and the course only lasted for three, but I wanted to experience what painting on-site was like. Plein Air painting has a long tradition … Read more
For the past few weeks, I’ve been frustrated by the monotony of my life, the same routine each week. I was desperate for something to change. Last week it happened when the snow fell. Not just a light sprinkling but several inches. Enough to disrupt transport and getting to work so much that I had … Read more
Here are a few more efforts from my pencil or brush. These four paintings of the cherry I did together. The first is based upon a cherry tutorial by Will Kemp and for the template for the others. The Next is a monochrome version it painted to understand value. The next one is a more … Read more
With my new interest in art and becoming an artist I have looked at a lot of art online. However looking at art on screen doesn’t reveal any details our insights into how that artist worked. So I recently decided to start visiting art galleries in order to see the work up close and learn … Read more
This is a sort of follow-up to my previous post. Blogging is Depressing. I explain further why I have stopped trying so hard with my writing. Learning how to be a blogger became too stressful for me. What I read was constantly telling me what I wasn’t good enough at it. It left me having … Read more
I have decided to offer up some insights and ideas about my leap of faith into the world of creating visual art. I have long enjoyed visual imagery, but never really connected it with the notion of creating it myself. This year is my first foray into this world. Maelstrom of ideas and feelings So … Read more