This is the latest painting that I've been working on, still trying to get citrus fruit to look like it should. This is oil on canvas and is only 16"x 12". I started it on Sunday (I think) and have been working on it until today (it's Friday). The part of the orange peel around the fruit that looks like it is missing will end up being in deep shadow so that's why it looks a bit odd.
By the way, where are all the hits coming from, I can't understand why I am getting so many or how my site is being found? Suppose I might have to upgrade to find that out.
Here's how the same painting was about 2 days in. I had started to add the under layers, all darker than they needed to be. I also worked from the top to the bottom. I have learn't to do this as I have many ruined cuffs of jumpers etc from leaning in wet paint. A friend made me a mahl stick to use but I usually only remember it after I've finished.
That looks a mess doesn't it? This is the VERY start of the painting. A sketch that is done in very thin raw umber. I don't usually use pencil or charcoal for the sketches as it moves too much when I start to add the paint. After this the raw umber background was done, then started with the colours.
This is where I am working at the moment, in full view of the public and other artists, yikes. It is in Regent Court Shopping Centre, Livery Street, Leamington Spa. Enjoying the environment, it is peaceful and open. Getting loads of stuff done too so, if you are around in Leamington Spa do pop in. Here is a little film of a walk around it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZ7GUA7ETs
This one is called Coffee Pot and is a work in progress but all I have to do is finish the painting the browns on that cream bit that is there.
This one is called Pepsi Cans and is also a work in progress. This has now had 2 layers of paint added. Both of these paintings are being worked on in the new studio.
....and this is a commission that I started today. I have got the tongue slightly too high so I will be moving that down tomorrow. I thought the dog was amazing as it looked like it was laughing all of the time. It is called a Labradoodle.
I am working on all of these paintings at Gallery 150, Regent Court Shopping Centre, Livery Street, Leamington Spa so if you are in the area, do pop in and say hello.
Had to resort to doing another still life too and this one is being worked on at the moment. The blue thing is the start of a label. I was in the supermarket when a saw a woman sticking her nails into the pears to test whether they were ripe (I suppose). At first I was disgusted but then when I looked at the pear I thought I would buy it and use it in a painting. I liked the nail marks and the bruising that she had caused.
This one is still being worked on at the moment. I have added the strip of red down the side to attempt to balance the painting and add some contrast to the black and white.
I really dont know where this one came from, I have some very strange ideas sometimes. Still here he is, it is a Bulldog and he is supposed to be looking through a window on a rainy night. The white bit in the corner is not a flash bouncing off it, it is painted on.
Here is a portrait that I completed during October. It is of a lovely lady that I know. It is oil on canvas and 16"x12" so not huge.
Wow, what a week I'm having, it's brilliant. I went back to painting live at Gallery 150 yesterday, after a week's holiday, and found out that both of my paintings had sold. I was also lucky enough to meet both of the buyers which made my day, week, fortnight, year!! I was so excited yesterday that I forgot to take a photo of the work that I had done, so ended up missing a day.
I think I have almost finished this painting now, I have just got to mess it up a bit as it looks a bit to pristine. So expect some blobs of fat and bits of tomatoe and juice around it. I am also struggling a bit with the bacon so have returned it to the start (it looks a bit raw at the moment). I think this is about it's 5th layer now. It is also quite a lot bigger than I normally do and that might be why it's taking me longer.
Once again I had a lovely day painting at Gallery 150, Leamington Spa. I really enjoy doing it and meeting so many different, lovely people that come in.
I have started to add colour to the food now and this is the first layer done (only half of the bacon is done at the moment though). The mushrooms are all wrong but I will have another go at them tomorrow. I might have to add a slice of black pudding aswell as there is a gap which is a bit too big on the plate. I had to go and buy a tomato today because I couldn't remember exactly what they looked like, thought it was too hard to do so turned one of them over then managed to get the second one looking like it should anyway. My favourite bit at the moment is the puddle of tomato ketchup.
My latest offering and the one that I started work on in Gallery 150 on Friday. I also was in Torquay from Friday evening until Monday evening so it hasn't taken as long as it might first seem. I like the berries but I dont like anything else on it.
I started as I always do with the raw umber and titanium white underpainting until I thought that the depth was right. Now I have added the first layer of colour. I have used cadium red (hue) which is a very bright red, almost orange really. I was going to use one of the crimsons but that didn't look quite right.
This is a painting that I have been working on at Gallery 150, Regent Court Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa. I started off with painting the mange tout and I am now trying to make it look like a plastic bag full of mange tout. It was quite worrying starting off because the vegtables looked ok and I had to put white paint all over them. If it didn't work it would have had to end up in the bin. That would not be good when working in the public eye. Colours used are raw umber, titanium white and sap green. There is also 3 layers of sap green on the mange tout.
At the start of the day Friday, the first bits of white are added.
This was the first coat of sap green being added to the underpainting of raw umber and white.
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