Probably my final go this year at capturing the lifespan of an amaryllis plant, this is the fifth in a series of sketches, made 12 days after the previous attempt (Keep an Eye on the Amaryllis #4), on 28th January this year. By now the poor amaryllis was well past its best – its flowers…
Category: Acrylics
An Art Demonstration: Painting Dennis
A friend of mine, Dennis Spicer, recently asked me to look after one of his art classes for a couple of weeks whilst he took a break. At the end of my first class sitting in for Dennis, I was asked to demonstrate my working technique to the students the following session. As most of…
My Tomato Struggle
I thought it about time that I painted something from life again today – it seems like months since I’ve had the time. However, I struggled most of this morning with this little tomato. Though I am a little out of practice it caused more problems than I’d expect. The original idea was to produce…
Blue Lilies in a Blue Room
On a recent visit to a supermarket I was taken with some blue lilies, which I thought might make an interesting subject for a new still life painting. How natural they are we’re not too sure of – they certainly struggled to open. However, I did enjoy putting this painting together. Unaware of the slow…
Baa Baas in the Snow
A similar post to that of two days ago (Unseasonal Snowscape #1) – a Christmas card illustration contender. Today’s painting depicts a couple of sheep in a wintry landscape. It is based upon a few photographs I took in January of this year in Irby, Wirral, following a heavy snowfall. I painted it in around…
Drawing Upon Life 