Paintings can seem mysterious in the beginning. It takes a while for the shapes and character of a piece to emerge. This weeks painting is very much like that. It’s a favourite subject of mine, Old red phone boxes. This is probably the most famous one as it’s close to the Houses of Parliament so
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Experiment 2 completed successfully! The taxi painting is now finished. I’m pleased with it even though the masking hasn’t worked as well as usual. Its taken on a moody, just-rained quality which I love. The paper glued onto board is definitely the way to go. What do you think? The title is still being considered.
You wait for a taxi then 3 come at once! New Painting. Read More »
Feeling less stressed this week. After the nightmare of trying to paint on watercolour ground, I’m now back to paper, stuck onto a plywood board. So far so good, no nasty surprises so far. Just nice clean lines on paper. It may look finished but I’ve a little more painting to do to make the
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So, on Wednesday I shared an experimental work in progress. Here’s the result. The verdict is… I don’t like it! Visually I like the effect but I found the surface very fragile and I’ve had the familiar drying problem. Cleaning up resulting in ink smudges as well as scratches where I’ve tried to remove the
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In an effort to create larger work, I’ve been experimenting for the Lloyds building painting The trouble with paper is that it buckles when you get it wet. One solution is to stretch it and use thicker paper, which works to a point. The point being I don’t do it very well. Also, as your
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Here’s the finished pigeon painting. I still think I need to work on the title. Everything I can think of sounds cheesy except for ‘Crossing the Thames’. I’m pleased how he gets lost in the river Thames. Like an ornithologist’s version of “Where’s Wally?” .Spot the Pigeon. You can see more London paintings with much
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Walk the Pigeon. Work in progress by Cathy Read showing pencil sketch and early painting stages.
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I’ve been concentrating on smaller pieces recently. This is is the finished version of a work in progress I posted on my Facebook page last week. I love the underground symbol, so simple yet immediately identifiable and distinctive. The perfect foreground for my first painting of the Walkie Talkie, also known as 20 Fenchurch Street.
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Haven’t posted anything for a while, so here’s one of my newer pieces, painted in time for Bucks Open Studios. It’s a very small painting for me. The phone box is in the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. On the first floor. I love the old phone boxes and it’s great to see them
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