I had a simple and strong concept for the painting, and that has gone the way I wanted it to. I had a colour scheme for the painting that has gone better than I wanted it to. The main design is as I planned it, and its actually a simple design so the composition is fine […]
As I am writing this, it’s just been announced with shock to all hearing it that the American singer Prince has died at the relatively young age of 57. I was actually in the process of writing this blog post about Victoria Wood who died yesterday (with even more for me shock when I heard it) at […]
Wanting to give my youngest nephew something special for his birthday last week I decided I’d give him a painting, something personal that I had created which I thought he would appreciate, and since he lives near the coast the obvious one I felt was of a beach scene in watercolours. When he thanked me he asked if I […]
This week has not gone as planned at all. I had presumed I would spend the majority of it painting the special painting that I had to leave off working on at the end of last week. But instead someone else’s paperwork had to be sorted out and take priority over anything I wanted to […]
I left the special picture that I am currently working on last weekend knowing that I was raring to go on it, I was at the stage when I can’t take my eyes off it and want to do the next bit, and the bit after that, which is by far and always the best sign […]
A couple of weeks ago I had a follow on email from a woman that related to a previous email from someone else some time ago who I have previously done some work for (are you keeping up with this?) asking if I could do some specific artwork for a client. The question was basically a question […]
The painting I am currently working on has a mystical feel to it, and I will continue to work towards it having a magical and ethereal feel within it. The subject matter is from nature although I will put a lot of artistic licence into the creatures that are depicted within it to make them look more magical. […]
