As requested by Hardin in his comment in the last blog post I’ll show you the working painting and corresponding blocks of colour here. Please bear in mind this is not a finished painting, it is a working painting, and if I was to repaint it I would do it slightly differently by placing the […]
I said in the last blog post that going to an art workshop where we only used the colours of blue, brown and white might be somewhat limited . How wrong I was. It was fascinating. The tutor was a chap who certainly knew his subject and got it across to us with ease. The […]
Blue, brown and white. They’re not very exciting are they? Even if you say them slowly, not even if you call them by their proper arty names of Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and Titanium White. It’s still not overly exciting. And yet, I’ve got a feeling they might end up being more inspiring exciting than I […]
As far as I’m concerned variety is the spice of life, so after spending almost two months working on painting and framing erotic art IÂ am more than happy to switch my attentions to a totally different subject matter – of the four legged variety. Normally if I’m doing animal portraits I’d rather take the photos […]
I don’t usually leave a week between blog posts, but I’ve not been near my computer for almost six days due mostly to ill health for the latter half. I’ve had the forgotten delights of dihorea diaroea diarrhoea a tummy upset from something I’ve eaten, and was certainly fully aware of an old joke which […]
I have a running joke with one of my arty friends – we both attended an art workshop a few years ago where the tutor did insist on calling the coloured sticks we used a very pronounced *Past-elles*, instead of the word everyone else I’ve ever met calls them which is “pastels”. Where I come from, […]
I often have strange conversations, I know its partly because of what I do, but also because of who I am. But the conversation I had last week was a new one, even for me. The fact that it came whilst I was at The Vanilla Alternative delivering the erotic artwork I’ve been working on […]
