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…
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When Ewer a Red Grapefruit
Today’s sketch may give the impression that I didn’t really know what I was doing. This would be for the simple reason that I didn’t. The subject matter of the artwork is a still life featuring a (an?) ewer (a.k.a. Mr Water Jug), accompanied on this occasion by a red grapefruit, which I thought was…
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…
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…
Chinese Lantern #2
I’ve made a few studies of Chinese Lantern plants before today. I find the delicacy and colour of the husks quite beautiful. An earlier post – Chinese Lanterns #1 – included a study of husks in coloured pencil. Around this time last year I made a painting in oils on canvas, Chinese Lantern on Blue….
Drawing Upon Life 