Second demo of the jug and flowers in the bold bright primary colour style.
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper.
Demo Thursday 8th nov 2018
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Demo Wednesday 7th nov 2018
Demo today for Wednesday group.
An exercise in semi-abstraction. This is in acrylics with a few oil pastel additions at the end. This is a still life after Claire Harrigan. Significant is the use of bold blocks of bright colour; a scarcity of detail; and maintaining a sense of space and object without travelling over into pure abstraction.
There is only two real layers in this painting. It’s likely, if outside the parameters of a demonstration, I would continue the build up of opaque paint to strengthen the surface texture further.
The 49
Forty nine beautiful, handsome faces all together.
These are all 7″x7″ oil on board. Around a third of them were painted within the target of 49 minutes but as things progressed I felt compelled to spend more time to take them to a satisfactory finish. On average, the time on each was more like one hour and a half.
The idea was to show something fresh for our open weekend on the 6th of October. I missed that by 5 portraits, but took my time since, to fill these last five spaces. It’s now complete and I’ll keep it together for the year in the studio until the next open weekend.
“Bob” No 48 of 49
I tried a soft flat with this one. It makes for a more planar look and less textured surface.
7″x7″ oil on board
No 47 of 49
7″x7″ oil on board.
Margaret’s granddaughter is No 47! The target is 49 portraits in under 49 days. 49 days are up tomorrow, so one more tonight and the last one in the morning!
“Carly” No43 of 49
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“Archie” No46 of 49
This is Archie, the same Archie from below! No 46 of 49. oil on board 7″x7″
