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Day one is now complete and the whole thing went better than expected. I think the main reason for this is that I stuck to my plans, such as they were, and actually painted for myself in the session in the studio. I set myself the goal of getting … Continue reading →

So the next thing in the plan is to just warm drawing a nude woman. I have no idea what pose the tutor will select so the only thing I can do is warm drawing a generic nude woman pose. This is the warm and so should be treated as nothing more than… Continue reading →

I came across this artist on Flickr and I found his work really quite bizarre and at the same time interesting. http://ottomagus.tumblr.com/I found him at the Art in the UK group page – well worth checking out.http://www.flickr.com/groups/uk_art_a… Continue reading →

Well I have just completed part 1 of the Big Canvas project – paint the canvas background. I was initially going to roller the whole canvas a very light blue but when I saw how this was working out I thought that was actually better. By the way it… Continue reading →

Oh I just can’t wait. The Thick Of Ithttp://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/37/The-Thick-of-It.html — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Available for free in the App Store.www.zite.comSent from my iPad Continue reading →

Over the past few months I have posted on this subject a number of times a and I don’t know if a I have still got any answers as to whether I have made progress because I am not sure I know where I am going with my art at the moment. However, sett… Continue reading →

I’ve been messing about with watercolour and I think I’m starting to get some interesting results. The two images are a before and after and give me ideas on what could be achieved. It also gives me an idea as to what I need to do to improve.Sent … Continue reading →

I suppose this is one way to pass the time away on a flight.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk Continue reading →

This morning I had two more post from different blog sites mentioning the incredible work of Samuel Silva – here is one of them. Again, one can only marvel at the skill level required, for me it is the skin tones – how on earth did he managed to d… Continue reading →

The other day I posted a spoof about the iPhone 5 being an SLR – well perhaps it wasn’t that much of a spoof after all. http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/08/22/Nikon-announces-gingerbread-Android-p… Sent from my iPad Continue reading →