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Category Archives: Tumult
Forgotten
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Churn
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Runners
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BustUp
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Skirmishes
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Calamity
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Between a rock
What with the sun coming out, Open Studios and the Olympics I’ve not really got much work done this month, but this develops one of the drawings in the last post. Share
working life update
I got back onto the study for working life. Still hunting for something that’s like a blend of Tiepolo and Asterix. A way to go yet. Share
Working Life
That’s the underpainting pretty much done. Now on to the colours. Share
More Underpainting
I started working up from the bottom, a funny tangled group. Umber and white. I suspect it will continue in this vein for a few days until the underpainting is resolved enough to begin on some colour layers. I’m enjoying … More
Underpainting
This is the start of work on a commission I got recently. It’s a big painting, 10ft high although this study is only five foot. I thought I’d do a ‘proper’ underpainting in this study not least because I love … More
More White
I’ve been laying on the white, trying again to dry out the imagery and remove the drama. I don’t know if deadpan and lightweight are are good goals but they’re the ones I’m targeting! Share
Final Veil
I’ve worked my way over this many times in an attempt to slow it down and and dry the imagery out. Not unhappy to have done so as in the flesh it has a surface, built from many layers of … More
Slow Slow Quick Quick Slow
I spent yesterday creeping my way across this teasing out some volume and getting, very slowly it seemed to me, to white. The day before had been all fast and fun and filled with lovely wet paint. I was in … More