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Artist Life
Art Connections- Meditations on My Art interview
In 2018 I did a course with Alyson Stanfield called Magnetic You. It lead to me developing a practice of meditation on my art. Some of these I recorded and they formed part of my Trip to Marylebone Exhibition. You can here the meditations over in the original post.
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Time lapse watercolour painting of Big Ben
When I was deciding on this weeks Painting of the week, I remembered I’d taken some video when I was creating this Watercolour painting of Big Ben. . At exhibitions and evnts, I’m often asked how the painting are created, so, rather than write about it, I decided to show you.By editing the clips together.
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Canary Wharf Painting in Progress
Canary wharf painting in progress. In the masking phase photo you can see a curious feature taking shape in front of the Canary Wharf buildings. What is that strange structure in the foreground? Looks like honeycomb inside a beehive, and that’s what drew me to the subject initially. It was a temporary structure but sits
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Merry Christmas from Cathy Read Art
I feel a song coming on. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from Cathy Read Art. Thank you for sharing my journey with you and I look forward to more adventures and shenanigans in 2020.
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Northumberland Avenue Painting – What happens in the studio
I thought I’d do something a little different for my Northumberland Avenue Painting in Progress. A video and single gallery. You might recognise the video from my home page’s header The painting process is more of an evolution, as layers of inks travel across the page. Blocked by masked barriers. Lines appear and an image
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Painting Creation – Irwell Reflections
This weeks painting creation begins with the graphite image, and you can just make out the masking has begun in ernest. Irwell Reflections – ©2019 – Cathy Read – graphite and masking fluid And now for a spot of colour, shaped by cling film. Irwell Reflections – ©2019 – Cathy Read – Watercolour aand cling
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Blue Spire of St James’s Painting in Progress
So, this weeks work in progress is an alley leading to St James’s on Piccadilly. First we have the masked image. It’s a bit faint but you can make out the spire in the centre and the rows of buildings leading to it. Here’s the colour coming into play, and the shape of the spire
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Haymarket Painting in Progress
The Haymarket corner painting was well travelled bfore it was finished. I started it in the Studio and had every intention of completing it there. Then I received a call from Anne Blankson Hemens of the Society of Women Artists asking if I could stand in for one of their demonstrators who was unwell and
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