Hot Tin View Painting – Wordless Wednesday
One from the archive for this weeks wordless wedneday. Hot Tin View painting.
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urban landscape
Meditating on a Painting of St Paul’s Cathedral at night
What do you see when you look at this Painting of St Paul’s Cathedral? The image is not so much a snapshot in time. This piece of London art conveys more of the passing of time. Some areas are clear and sharp, like the painting of St Paul’s Cathedral itself and the cycle marks on
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Finding Art inspiration from a Neglected Bike
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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Architectural Abstract Paintings – Greenwich bound.
Did you know Abstract paintings are often based on reality? Most people see abstract paintings as a series of random marks, but if you spend any time looking you’ll realise many are more representational than you imagine. You could argue that any form of painting is an abstract in that it has taken an object
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Manchester – Painting Grey Without Using Grey
Painting grey without grey paint is a problem. People often ask my why I use such bright colours. It’s quite simple really. When I first started creating these pictures I had 8 colours. Magenta, Process cyan, yellow, deep purple, black, white, orange and green. I use the paints neat and rely on them mixing on
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London’s Burning or Alien Invasion?
London’s burning or is it an Alien Invasion? The thought crossed my mind when I got to this stage of the painting. As you can see, from the detail, it looks a bit like Doctor Who’s Sonic Screwdriver. Well, it does in my mind. I’ve also recently read H. G. Wells “War of the Worlds”
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Tram by Manchester Central Library – New Artwork
A busy Saturday in Manchester. Passengers waiting for the tram. A moment in time held in the finished painting of the tramstop outside Manchester Central Library. Now for the tricky bit… Deciding what to call it! Waiting for a tram?Tram stop? For a long whilem “Catching a tram from the Library” was a working title
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Hanging on the telephone? Work in Progress
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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