Landscape Diptychs

Here I am working on a couple of diptychs based on panoramic landscapes I've taken with my iPhone 

Under Paintings

Roughly two days progress, really liking the greens of the field

After about a weeks break (due to work) I spent another wet afternoon on it, The clouds are based on the photo but really aren't working out so I have since re painted the sky and lowered all the clouds to just above the horizon, stayed tuned for a picture update on that! currently in the process of finishing off. the tree line in the back ground has been a bit of a struggle as it was looking too bitty so I've tried to make it a bit more gestural. These latest landscapes have revealed a totally different painting style of mine compared to that of my figurative work which is interesting. It will be interesting to see if there is a cross over when I next tackle the figure, which will be very soon I hope!

Life Drawing

Life drawing with Jason Walker at Newlyn School of Art 

40 mins 

40 mins

Raginis

          "From Raginis" acrylic on canvas 2014

The latest in my series of landscapes taken from walks around West Cornwall                  

                                        

Trencrom

"Towards Trencrom" acrylic on canvas 2014

Here is the latest in a series of paintings based on local walks in West Cornwall. I'm really pleased at how this has turned out and am already at work on several other canvases

Back from the wilderness

It's been too long since I last updated this blog, in the past few months I have had a relatively unproductive period (painting wise) although I have been regularly attending life class and in the past month I have finally started to find some joy in painting again, this time with a series of landscapes taken from regular walks I take. 

In this post I will be showing what I have been up to in the past few months

Here I am working on several landscapes. I'm really enjoying painting field systems and feel it could lead to an interesting series. The fields are all from views I see walking through the fields and lanes around St. Hilary and Goldsithney. I aim to produce a series based on my Cornish ramblings

The bottom left is nearing completion, so stay tuned for an update!

My return to Landscape painting after nearly a year!

It was a really nice experience to paint from the landscape again. This piece sold in little over a week so that has been a huge boost and has encouraged me greatly

St.Hilary - acrylic on canvas 

This is the first painting I had made in over 6 months. It was great to start painting again after such a long break

Work in progress study of the head of Michelangelo's Aurora

Acrylic on Canvas

Continuing Life Drawing at Newlyn School of Art

Here I am painting at the stunning Cot Valley with Newlyn School of Art. We were being filmed for an article in The Times about alternative activities along the Cornish coast

Super hands

Here's a selection of studies I've made of gesturing hand's taken from various well known paintings

work in progress

Detail of work in progress on a new piece "Cruel Sister".
The plan was to have a diptych based on the traditional English folk song "cruel sister" a tale about a jealous twin who drowns her sibling. This has been hard work, there was going to be a gold frieze painted around the border, but in hindsight i think that might be a mistake, which throws the composition out! lots more to do!

Work in progress study of Klimt's "Judith and Holofernes"
I've always loved this Klimt painting and as I'm aiming to paint a gold frieze in my "Cruel Sister" painting I wanted to practice using gold paint, so this study was perfect practice! still needs a lot of work on Judith's face but I'm really happy with the gold!