Tag: cotman

  • Old Work: Cornwall and Beyond

    Old Work: Cornwall and Beyond

    I will admit I was reticent to show this work as unlike the other pre-degree work it’s less technically able, and it’s most definitely the work of a child – because I was! When I was a young teenager I was moving around because of my parent’s divorce – hence Shropshire where my mother lived…

  • In The Night Garden

    In The Night Garden

    The Night Work series continues with more paintings at dusk on the river – so much so I’ve named one YAS not so much after the cliched gay slang, it stands for ‘Yet Another Sunset’. Sadly because of time and when I get to go out, and the restrictions due to COVID-19 has meant more…

  • More cheap art hacks

    More cheap art hacks

    I love to save money on art materials, like photography it seems somehow the word ‘artist’ tagged onto something double or triples it’s cost, I mean daylight lights at Cass Arts costing £60-£100 when you can get a cheap desk lamp and a daylight LED bulb for a fraction of the price? They saw you…

  • Watercolour #3

    Watercolour #3

    Three weeks ago I bought a half-price Winsor & Newton Field Box in the Black Friday sales, and I was itching to try it on landscapes. Sadly this also coincided with some really awful weather, a series of downpours and false starts where the forecast said ‘clear’ but as soon as I got down to…