I had visitors over the weekend. Well, technically, they weren’t really coming to see me as such, as in a social visit to see how I was. They were actually coming to see themselves. In paint. David and Martyn came all the way from Bath to view the painting I’d done of them. They had made […]
I had a real good painting session yesterday on the Royal Crescent of Bath painting that is my current commission. It’s taking longer than a painting would normally do, but that’s because of two reasons, which together make a larger practical problem. Firstly, its in oils, so its taking ages to dry between stages, and […]
New friends came to visit last night to have a drink with me and my man and chat about life, generalities, specifics, people, work, families, hobbies, and all other diverse subjects, and have a bit of a laugh as well, as is usually a case of a social visit. They hadn’t been to my house before, but they did know […]
Well, I’ve had some fabulously positive reactions to the last blog post about International Women, so that’s been a wonderful response to the talk I did. A couple of teacher friends have told me it was well written, and friends from far and near have praised it. And just to show how International it is, I’ve […]
I don’t like to rush the design stage of a painting. Having said that by the time its come to me, its quite easy to sketch some ideas out to see how they work, and then adjust the colours or tones accordingly to make the painting better in as many ways that I can. But […]
I’ve not been able to blog for a while – I’ll explain why on the next post, but just to let you know and maybe keep you intrigued until then (cos I’d hate you to get bored!) I’ll then tell you the connections between what I’ve recently learnt about being unnoticed and noticed at the […]