Another painting made as a demo for one of my art classes. The theme of the class was ‘the industrial landscape’. I chose to make a painting based on a photograph taken one sunny summer afternoon in July of 2022. It depicts the view from the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port looking east along…
Tag: summer
Over-ambition and Over-expectation
Prior to painting workshops I endeavour to produce example paintings. Photographing such work throughout their production, I then compile step-by-step guides for students to help them through the reproduction of the painting. In doing so I hope to demonstrate a logical path from start to finish and hopefully introduce students to some new ways of…
Thanks and Goodbye, Summer 2015
It’s mid-September and starting to feel distinctly chilly here. A fleece-lined shirt has been donned and the warm socks are out. The summer is fading to a vague memory, thoughts are turning to central heating and cocoa, and high street shops are trying to flog us Christmas. So… I thought it might be nice to…
Drawing Upon Life 