These are all based on my own photographs. 24th August. I looked at the Beck painting and all I could see was twee whimsy, so it’s had a slap of primer and a reboot. This has been an interesting exercise … Continue reading Small canvases – water
I can’t recall when the term ‘going large’ became popular, or what it referred to, but this time I’m going small. It isn’t something I do lightly because I like the big gestural work, and my close vision struggles with … Continue reading Going small
One of my strategies for kick-starting a creative episode is to prepare a surface, preferably of a type or size I don’t normally use, then leave it staring blankly at me from the easel. So after a run of A1 … Continue reading Revisited landscapes
When I made the Cats series, I had five paintings which I reduced to four because, not only was Cat 5 not black and so difficult to paint as a silhouette, she was also a very detailed tabby whose complexity … Continue reading Fifth Cat
That tricky second album. I fell over a documentary on Sky Arts a few days ago, about Australian art, and thought it would concern Aboriginal work which I’ve written about in my dissertation. But it wasn’t, it was about immigrant Australians, White folk, and I nearly turned it off. Luckily I didn’t because I saw some work that not only had me asking how the artist did that, but also wanting to do it myself. Part of the Heidelberg School, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_School) a group of young men working in an impressionistic style and spending much of their time in a place … Continue reading Beginning landscapes
I have in mind a collaborative effort between me and some of the local businesses in the High street, which would involve bespoke paintings for display in each of the premises, supported by digital presentations available as videos, Instagram and … Continue reading Degree material – the current plan
After a particularly helpful tutorial this week in which I was able to clarify the continuity of work across all three modules of Stage 3, I was able to make a plan for my degree show. This is still some … Continue reading Next steps – preparing for a degree show
13th December 2022. Consider this a scrap book of ideas, clips, reminders, accumulated references, and images. “A Dissertation is a longer piece of academic writing. It should be between4000-6000 words long, or an equivalent presentation. Writing your Dissertationhas been split … Continue reading Dissertation – preparation log
Suddenly it isn’t winter any more and it became possible to take my A3 sketchbook outside. Suitable chair, equipment on a table to one side, and a landscape view of the garden. I was going old school with charcoal. Then … Continue reading Sketching with cats outdoors
When you start learning how to make visual art, no one tells you how it will take over every surface in your house and some of it will be wet. Contrast this with writing where books stay on shelves and your desk with its computer and printer is generally all the space a good story needs. Back it up, shut it down, no washing or mopping involved. The other big difference is that writing goes into books which go into shops or online magazines, it doesn’t hang around where you can trip over it, and it certainly doesn’t need bubble … Continue reading Virtual Gallery
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