Busy Painting...

Sorry, long time, no post! I have been busy creating new paintings for the UK. The one in the post below was sold on eBay and I am continuing to try that out as a means of selling some more.

In the meantime I have moved onto a bit of a flower theme with a textured base, as can be seen in the picture here. I am also developing my leisure website with a subsite devoted to painting hints and tips which I am slowly building up. You can see the start of the Painting Tips Website.

On 5th September I am taking part in Art on the Prom in Felixstowe, so I am also busy doing paintings for that, fingers crossed the weather stays fine!

Finally, a new painting!

So, having moved back to the UK from Dubai (at least temporarily) I have finally got round to creating my first new painting here. I have been looking around at the popular colours here and I have started off with a teal abstract which is size 100x50cm. I won't be able to do much more though as all my painting materials are at my sister's house 100 miles away! I had to find some alternative texture to use and in this case used artex with pva and water.

A Rothko in Melbourne

So I am travelling around a bit at the moment and was in Melbourne a couple of days ago at the National Gallery of Victoria where they had Mark Rothko's No 37. I just love this painting, I don't know what it is about Rothko but I just never get tired of looking at his work. I'm going to be working on something similar for my own home I think once I get back from my travels.

Market at Festival City on 7th May

So I will be doing one more market at festival city on 7th May - this time we will be in the Ikea area and I have at least one big new painting as shown here. Come and take a look as there will be lots of artist and crafters there from midday til 7pm.

Sale Now On!

So as it is the end of the market season and the last market is tomorrow, I am having a sale of some of my paintings, well, all of the paintings that I have left! I will be away for a few months so I am trying to clear all of my stock. So, down at JBR tomorrow there will be some bargains to be had as I sell some things off for as little as the cost of the materials! I'll be there from 10am until about 8pm.

My Favourite Painting

So I wrote an article about My Favourite Painting Right Now which was inspired by the exhibition that I went to see at the Emirates Palace hotel as a precursor to the Guggenheim opening in Abu Dhabi.

Painting White Objects

This is an extract from an article you can find here...

When painting subjects that appear to the eye to be white, for example clouds, snow, white buildings or white clothing, some artists paint what they think they see rather than what is actually there. Taking out the white and grey paint is not really the answer.

The key is to experiment and to use a multitude of colours to represent your whites - try out different shades of blues and lilacs for shadows, maybe still interspersing with some greys and use these tones subtly so that they are not just put in as stark contrasts to the highlights. Subtle tinges of different colors will really give your painting much more personality and depth.

I can also recommend an in depth tutorial of how to paint realistically in oils