Thursday 11 November 2010

Open Studio




Still no progress.

My studio will, however, be open to the public this weekend as part of the Newlyn Arts Festival; so if anybody in the area is interested in seeing the work from this blog in the flesh, there's an opportunity.

Studio 3
Trewarveneth Street Studios,
Trewarveneth Street,
Newlyn.

Wednesday 27 October 2010

Still a world away.




You might have noticed that I've not updated the blog for a while. I'm afraid that there's nothing to report. I'm not working at the moment and have had to cancel the exhibition that was planned for next year as a result. I'll keep you posted.

Monday 6 September 2010

Slow going.



Not much to report. I've been finding it a struggle. Put another colour glaze on the branches of this one.



And started two new, small cherry blossoms, rough underpaintings; washed in black...






Friday 20 August 2010


Apologies for the lack of updates recently. Progress has been slow, despite the hours. I'll get some shots of the work that I've done on the large magnolia up soon. Until then here's a first layer of underpainting on a new, smallish landscape. 46cm x 46cm.

Thursday 5 August 2010

I've been working on the two big paintings this week... As I still can't update regularly, I'll post before and after shots to give you an idea of the progression.

Click on the images for larger pictures.

The painting as it was.


More work on the sky, softening edges and cleaning the whites (which isn't really visible in the photo) and more work on the foreground, bringing out the greens and sharpening the detail. If I remember, I'll post some detail shots next time. There's still a long way to go with this one, but it feels like I'm getting there.



First colour glaze.


Second colour glaze. Painting the whole surface again, cleaning up the colour and contrast; using smaller brushes to bring out detail. There are a few bits I need to re-work, to bring them up to scratch, but I need to get the whole colour layer down first, so the I can see what's going on with the painting as a whole.

Thursday 29 July 2010


I still haven't sorted out an internet connection, so updates are few and far between at the moment. Finished the next colour layer on this one. Still needs another coat on the sky and a bit of work here and there. I'm currently working on the big magnolia, but haven't taken a picture...

Wednesday 14 July 2010


Finished this one, still haven't settled on a title though.


Detail.



... And finished this one too, again, still no title.

Finally finished the first colour layer on this one...


Detail.

Tuesday 29 June 2010


More colour on this one. Putting in long days in the new studio.



Detail.


Detail.

Thursday 24 June 2010



More colour.

Starting putting the colour into the flowers on this one. It's going to take a while.


Detail.



A couple of shots of my new studio set up. It's nearly there and I love it.



Another colour glaze, just on the branches of this one. I should post a detail shot, but it'll have to wait.

Just some final tweaking to do on this one now.

Friday 18 June 2010

New Studio


I don't want to start gushing about how fantastic my new studio is, but it's pretty awesome.

http://www.bsjwtrust.co.uk/trewarveneth.html

Monday 14 June 2010


Finished the second colour layer on this one. Still needs another coat on the sky and a final touch up glaze.

Friday 4 June 2010


Finished the second colour layer on this one today. It needs another glaze on the blue of the sky and a bit of a touch up, here and there, but it's pretty much done.

Monday 31 May 2010

Update.

Where things are...

It's been a while since my last update, due to a computer problem that I won't bore you with. Instead I'll bring you up to date with all the paintings that I'm currently working on. There are eight in all, which is more than I'm used to and I'm keen to get some finished; though the bigger pieces are crying out for more work. They vary in size, but as a general rule of thumb, the subjects in the paintings are about life size. I'll list each one and where it's at...

Clicking on any of the images will give you a bigger picture.


Small piece, about 25cm x 25cm. First colour layer done on the flowers and branches, waiting for second colour layer.



Big painting, about 180cm x 75cm. Lots of the second colour layer done, still trying to make sense of this one, still quite a way from finished.



Medium sized painting, about 55cm x 55cm. First colour layer across the flowers and branches, waiting for second colour layer.


I think this one's 70cm x 70cm. First colour layer across the flowers and branches, waiting for secong colour layer.


Smallish painting, 30cm x 30cm. Almost finished. The photo is showing it lighter than it is. Just a touch up glaze to go.


This one's about 85cm x 85cm, so it's pretty big. First colour layer across the branches and flowers, waiting for second colour layer.


Big painting, just over 120cm x 120cm. First colour layer on the branches, waiting for the first colour layer on the blooms.


Very small painting, 20cm x 20cm. First colour layer across the whole image, waiting for second colour layer.

Monday 17 May 2010

Monday 10 May 2010


Had the weekend off, then finished the underlayer of this one.

Wednesday 5 May 2010


More work on this one. I should be getting some work finished though.

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Monday 3 May 2010


... and on a stretcher I prepared earlier, the first layer on a small (20cm x 20cm), painting of a cherry blossom.

Making stretchers for smaller work.

Saturday 1 May 2010


Didn't get much done today; decided to put another colour layer on the sky of this one to see if cleaning it up helps me to see what I need to do to sort the next glaze out.