Tag: Oil
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Portraits At The Pub 31: Petra
Another fortnight, another Portraits At The Pub session. This one was a little strange, I couldn’t get into it (it reminded me of some of the life drawing sessions where I was unhappy with what I was doing and started to experiment) hence the various media I used during this one. And indeed drawing the…
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Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2
Final week (plus 2 days) of Abstract Advent challenge, which I completed on Christmas Eve – it’s been a blast, writing this on Christmas Day – hope you all are having a good one however your celebrate it (or not). First up was Day 15, with a shape like a hole (rather than a head)…
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Nothing I Regret (WB)
Not a new painting, but one I only posted on Instagram – not sure why it never made it here. Nothing I Regret was created in May 2020, it’s the most successful of my portraits – and it was created from a photograph no less! I am a big fan of the photos by @polarhugger and one…
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John Oil Portrait #1
Over Xmas although I was ill and supposed to be resting I started two oil portraits of John, with two different sizes and views. I had done a straight on self-portrait in oils so wanted to try first a smaller side view, and then a bigger environmental interior portrait. Of course this first painting was…
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Emerald Green Twins – Richmond Oils
Back in September and indeed early October I travelled up to Richmond Park quite a lot – as you can see from the previous drawings and watercolours I’ve posted. They were distractions from the main idea which was to do oils of the trees there as part of the Dead Tree Series, which I did…
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Oil Self Portrait #2
Back in June (!) I teased my second self portrait in oils earlier in the year but it got as far as the second version and I never finished it because it was good weather and time for landscape painting! When the weather turned bad, I finally finished it, although I have mixed feelings about…
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