Presenting 9 – Juliet Balcony painting “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?”I’m sorry, but it had to be done. Although a pretty little balcony, this one wouldn’t really suit 2 lovers trying to meet in secret. For one it’s not secluded and two, there’s nowhere to hide. The balcony is on Bridge Street, one of […]
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Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. Presenting painting 8 – Door Handle. This week was another hard one to choose. Simply put, there are so many to choose from. Should I look for something expensive and ornate or the opposite end of the spectrum of worn and rusty.I veered towards the latter. This door handle
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Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. When you commence a Painting challenge, you know things may get tough. So, I thought it would be helpful to write a list of architectural features so that I would have something to inspire me. It kinda fell flat this week.. Why? Because the term is Brace and it’s
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Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. Twisted Chimney? Sounds like a band name to me. Number 6 of the 49/50 Challenge or The Twisted Chimney as I’m calling it, follows on from my crooked comment last week. This time it’s a crooked chimney, ok maybe not crooked, but certainly twisted. The point being it’s not
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Part of the 49/50 Painting Challenge. All hands to the Pump, 5 down, 45 to go! Painting number 5 is Gawcott Pump, a charming little feature in Gawcott Out in the villages for this week’s architecture painting. Sadly, there’s no handle on the Gawcott pump, but it’s still an interesting structure. Don’t know what it
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The 4950 Painting Challenge continues This week my focus for the 4950 Painting Challenge is Buckingham’s Chantry Chapel. Although with a working title of #4 Gate, it’s really been the Chapel Gates. The Chantry Chapel is the original home of The Royal Latin School and is now preserved by the National Trust. The building itself
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In January 2018 I set about completing 50 paintings of Architectural Aspects by 31st December. The 49/50 Painting Challenge was born. I’m sailing close to the wire on this one. As I write the painting is not finished. Not in itself a problem, as it’s a few hours until I need to post it. I’m just
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Finding Art inspiration is a constant challenge. Wherever I go I’m always looking for new things to paint and draw. I’ve learnt that finding art inspiration is not a case of sitting and waiting for it to appear. It’s capturing the ideas when they come. Art inspiration is elusive. Which is why I always have
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Are you drawn to landscape paintings of Mountain Views? Have you ever climbed a mountain? If you have then you’ll realise that climbing up mountains is a challenge but the view from the top and sense of achievement makes it all worthwhile. Knowing that the only way to see a view is by pure discipline
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