Tag: Umber

  • Bear In Snow / Bushy In Winter

    Bear In Snow / Bushy In Winter

    Apologies for not posting since the end of last year – I’ve been busy but go out the habit of posting on Instagram and here – so a big backlog of work to post! In January, Feburary and March I was out in all weathers trying to do plein air – including wind, rain and…

  • In The Night

    In The Night

    Continuing with the Night series as the nights get warm it’s plenty of opportunity to work outside the usual daytime views which I am very tired of at the moment. First up is ‘In The Night (Midnight On The River)’ – named after the Pet Shop Boys song, but the subtitle is indeed true –…

  • Sky Arts Portraits Week 1-4

    Sky Arts Portraits Week 1-4

    Lacking my usual live portrait sessions, I’ve been taking part in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. This is a virtual sitting of four hours, live streamed on Facebook and I think broadcast on Sky Arts with a celebrity sitter. I came to it a few weeks late, but I did the previous…

  • On The Promenade

    On The Promenade

    Sounds like a film ‘On The Promenade’ – an arty French black and white flick, bit like ‘On The Waterfront’ but more, well, French. Sort of tying in with that thought is ‘Japonisme’ – the influence of Japanese art on European and particularly French art with these ink drawings. Not sure what the type of…

  • Life drawing #7

    Life drawing #7

    After the previous week’s triumph, the next week was less successful…I had a cold, felt feverish. The model was interesting though, very thin, Egon Schiele type. She didn’t like my drawings though, and I can’t blame her. The pastel of her back was good, focusing purely on tone and not marks – a failed version…