New Painting – Flying High in London Cable Car
As Promised… Here’s the view from the London Cable Car. Until next time. – This painting has been sold but prints art available.
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Flying High over London – Work in Progress
To really see a place you need to go high. Whether it’s scaling a Tall buildings or mountains. The effort will always reward you with an awesome view. As long as the weather is compliant, of course! On hearing a new cable car crossing was to be built over the Thames in London, I was
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Finishing a Painting – Finding Motivation when all else fails
Sometimes finishing a painting is an effort. Nothing ab0ut the painting is hard or requires any problem solving. It’s just the subject no longer appeals for some reason. Procrastination rears it’s ugly head. When it happens, I find it’s best to plug away until it’s finished, then move onto the next thing. Usually I’m pleasantly
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Work in Progress-Contemporary or Modern Oxford Art?
Do you use the term contemporary or Modern Art When referring to the current art scene? I know many artist friends use Contemporary or modern equally and you’d be forgiven for thinking they are the same. But not so… I’ve been painting Lady Margaret Hall or LMH It’s very much a Victorian building. Another of
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New painting reveal – art
Test subject number one, revealed! Revealing my new painting – a miniature version of Thespian Talk one of my Milton Keynes Project pieces. I think I might be doing some image editing before I do anymore ground level views like this though. I like my verticals to be vertical! Apart from that, I’m happy with
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Q. Is tracing acceptable practice for an artist?
Is it “cheating” to trace when creating a painting? I’ve always resisted the urge to trace images from photographs but recently I’ve been wondering why. Lots of artists do it. Does it really matter if I haven’t painstakingly rendered my subject in pencil before the painting process begins? Is it less of an artform if
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