Here’s a seasonal painting, depicting (I think) a toy Christmas elf on the shelf. Made as a demonstration piece for an online painting class a few years ago, it was painted in acrylics on canvas-texture paper, and measures around A5 (14.85 x 10.5 cm). From the looks of the actual elf who modelled for the…
Tag: Christmas
A Poinsettia isn’t Just for Christmas
With a few hours to spare today I thought I’d attempt the production of a semi-festive, seasonal painting. I don’t know why poinsettias are so closely related to Christmas (perhaps some research might have been in order here) but accepting that they are, I felt they’d make a good subject for a quickie. The most…
Unseasonal Snowscape #1
I started up this blog with the intention of including only artwork produced from life, so this is a bit of a cheat really. But never mind. Rules are there to be broken etc… Last year, I produced a few new pieces of artwork specifically to use on Christmas cards (e.g.: http://www.birtall.co.uk/fineart/greetingcards.htm). I’ve left it…
Drawing Upon Life 