adding all the elements together for a painting Posted Saturday, 15th of January

All the separate elements of the painting are finally pulled together in the composition. There is no real rule on how to achieve this aside from moving things around, re tracing, looking at it all in a mirror and eventually it just starts to 'work'. This process can be a little frustrating and always seems to take me twice as long as I first estimated. It gets there in the end though. Time to paint at last.



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creating a composition Posted Saturday, 15th of January

Once the characters have been created they are placed into a series of small compositions. Though these will make a larger painting, each smaller composition has to work in itself. Each can be separated out and make a single painting on its own. I feel this helps the eye move across the whole painting comfortably. [...]

the beginnings of an oil painting Posted Monday, 10th of January

I though I would blog the process I use in developing an oil painting. Initially it begins with a very simple idea or message. This is often very loose and oddly for a painter who paints a lot of architecture the characters can come first. These are often based on people who I have met [...]

norman rockwell's america from the 15 december - 27 march 2011. a layman's point of view Posted Tuesday, 4th of January

In between Christmas and New Year I took a freezing trip south of the river (always scary for a North Londoner) to the Dulwich Picture Gallery (DPG) to see the Norman Rockwell exhibition. Although the DPG is tricky to get to and no doubt suffers as a consequence, it is an ideal space to show [...]