It is near the end of the week, so I have photographed my studio to document progress. I start a new painting with all the tubes of paint lined up nicely in their respective colour relationships. After a day and everything has changed, it gets...
I signed up for a newsletter at http://procartoon.com I was very pleasantly surprised that in doing so I had won a set of water colour pencils, very generous. I was then delighted to be contacted by Robert Nesbitt from procartoon asking if I would be...
This image looked to cool in my last post, I changed the sky tint and warmed the whole image up a little in Adobe Lightroom. [caption id="attachment_20235" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Entering Statford Taranaki from the North you might see these two road signs.[/caption]...
In 2008, almost a decade ago I took two photos; [caption id="attachment_20225" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] I sign on the edge of Stratford, Taranaki, Golf Club one Km on Left[/caption] [caption id="attachment_20226" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A moss covered sign on the edge of Stratford, Taranaki for the Stratford Aero and...
There is nothing I can add, so it is finished. The only processes to follow are an isolation clear coat, probably just the one or at most two coats of matt varnish which will even out the painting. Some acrylics are much more glossy than...
I have been distracted with other things in the last couple of weeks, plus some winter coughs and colds, but some progress on this painting too. Just the roof and refining here and there and it will be finished. [caption id="attachment_20203" align="aligncenter" width="1509"] acrylic on canvas[/caption]...
I am being bold with colour just as these suburban homes are bold. I will add some earth tones to balance it up as I go. Then I will hang it up on the wall and see if I like it and wonder to myself what...
A few years back I photographed in the new subdivisions around Wellington basically just to see what was there, I'm sure it must have some reflection of our society. I put them in a gallery here; New Suburbia. I'm now thinking they could well be a...
This painting is completed or close to it. The challenge has been mostly what I could get away with leaving out. This painting is a move away from photorealism. The canvas is 15 oz, the weave was just too coarse for much fine detail. This may...
The technique is a like a cartoon language, rather than a photographic language, one reason is the weave of the canvas is more pronounced due to a heavier canvas, the other reason is I am more inclined to simplify my images by including details only where...