This week I have been busy painting mac-unions, short flare nuts, hex nipples and such like. It helped that I was once a fitter. Other than that I am about to send out my first newsletter where I ask my self some questions and then...
It feels good to be painting again. To get this website up and going took more time than I imagined. I like to get a few details established from the beginning , it seems to give me confidence, some forward momentum. Keep an eye on progress by signing up for...
I thought this painting was behind me, just a couple of coats of varnish would finish the job. The varnish dried, but something went wrong, maybe I was in a hurry. Small air bubbles had manifested on the left side. Maybe it was having to...
1000mm x 750mm acrylic on canvas Last week I thought I was there, but I touched up a bit here, repainted there, mostly just polishing up. The floor was redone, plus right hand roof more resolved and repainted, I think it is as good as I...
click to view a little larger I am getting a little faster. This is a 750mm x 1000mm canvas, my largest yet and the time frame is a little less. I am also working on a new web site which will also carry my blog, so...
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click for a large view I think another eight days not counting the weekend, and I may be near the end. I think I have gone a little faster, plus the canvas is bigger, and it has been somewhat more complex than I envisaged. ...
click for larger view It does not look like much for a weeks work but I had to do some careful drawing as the details were not that clear in the photograph. I even revisited the building to check this ceiling out. I simplified a little...
click image for a bigger view I have taken some liberties in regard to colour matching the photograph, but still at the roughing out stage. Though if I can improve on the image then I'm thinking that's okay because I'm not trying to reproduce a photograph,...