After sorting out whatever the problem was with the headless chicken, he came to see me for us to discuss the work I’ve done so far for the goddesses painting. He knew he’d asked for a complex painting, when he asked me to do the commission, but I hadn’t realised how complex it was until I started […]
I know people have busy lives. I know that people aren’t always able to keep the appointments they make for various reasons. So when a client rings me within half an hour of the time they are due at my house to say they can’t keep the appointment they made but will re-schedule the meeting […]
I’ve come home with blue fingers, and that’s always a good sign of an enjoyable day. Well actually, they’re blue, red, yellow, purple and white fingers, and I’m hoping that it’ll wash off with some success…… I’ve been to an art workshop today, painting contemporary landscapes in acrylics with a palette knife, so very messy and […]
We dragged ourselves from our sick beds out into the cold winters night, drove through the dark on fog bound roads, around road blocks and detours, to arrive, a little frosted, at our destination. A warm and welcome greeting for all who had braved the winter chills to turn up at the meeting as we compared winter ailments, […]
Now I’ve done as much background research as I think is possible for each of the seven Goddesses, I feel that I’m ready to picture what they look like for my painting. For me, they are all beautiful, in the traditional sense of the word. But, how does EACH one look? I have hazy shapes and […]
The last two drawings I’ve done of my male model have begun to tell a story, so I wanted to explore the natural progression in my next drawing of him. He arrived on a bright but very cold day, snow was still lying on the ground and everything felt chilled. After our usual cup of […]
Before I paint someone it helps to know a bit about them. Just so that I have a better understanding of the essence of that person, to be able to incorporate it into the portrait. I don’t need to know all the tiny details of the persona, just the bare facts will help. For anyone […]
In a way, its not a surprise at all – I should expect it really. Because if someone else is interested in art, has a bit of the creative spirit in them, and they have enough of an interest to try to have a go at it themselves, and want to improve on it, they’re going to want some […]
If Samuel hadn’t had a daughter called Sophia in 1793 whose sons were blacksmiths If Mary (born 1796), and a widow at 26, hadn’t gone on to marry James and had a son called Eli If James and Mary hadn’t had an 8th child, a daughter called Sarah, born in 1798 If Samuel and Elizabeth […]