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…
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Van Gogh in a Day
A simple, easy-to-follow guide to (vaguely) re-creating one of Van Gogh’s self portraits. I made this painting about 10 years ago to demonstrate to some workshop students an approximation of Van Gogh’s working method. I made my painting before the workshop, photographing it at each stage, then supplying students with printed, illustrated step-by-step guides for…
Lego Star Wars Painting This Is
My boys’ principal obsessions this summer holiday have been, in no particular order, Star Wars, Lego, Star Wars Lego and Lego Star Wars. So, with that in mind, in the few hours I had to myself while the boys were at a summer camp today, I thought I’d have a bash at capturing a piece…
Sir Topham Hatt, a Tribute
I completed this little painting, depicting a Sir Topham Hatt (a.k.a. the Fat Controller) toy figure, last week. It’s another in a series of paintings depicting those toys belonging to my two sons that have particularly fond memories attached to them. Both my boys were (and thankfully occasionally still are, though they are growing quickly)…
Postman Pat gone Delft
A wee while ago, I set students at one of my art classes a light-hearted challenge to design their own Delft tile. The challenge was intended to inject a bit of variety into the classes and to see what individual, personal designs each student could come up with. We didn’t work on tiles, but the…
Drawing Upon Life 