click for larger Have put some paint on a canvas. This will be mostly a red theme. Red can be a little tricky as I don't want any pinks in the bright red, mixing a little yellow with white for the light red seems to work. Colour...
click for larger Some photos that I think might be good for a painting. The red door is a subject I have already used for a painting, but back then it was painted white. I think it is good to get several paintings from the same...
click image to view larger Last Wednesday my hard disk failed on my eight year old 27" iMac. My new friend Shobhit from eServe did a great job recovering all my data. So this Monday it is back into my normal painting routine with my new...
click image for big picture I now feel that I can paint motor cars, even cars with dented panels, yea! They appear in most of my photos, they are everywhere. Just need to tackle the wheels, a job for tomorrow then road and sky. ...
click image for a bigger picture .. this week due mainly to being sick with winter cold virus, a little more detailing on building completed including exposed weather boarding on the left ...
click to enlarge Have included a close up here to show the process but this is in constant flux as I work out how to do this. It has taken a week to cover 200mm x 150mm though the left is like a little landscape on...
I'm trying a different process. Rather than complete one small bit at a time, I have blocked in the whole thing with an acrylic wash. Not water but using acrylic glazing liquid. My thought is it might be a faster process to have most of...
This slightly odd house is on the periphery of a small town in the Wairarapa, the subject of my next painting. I have made a drawing of it on a 900mm x 700mm canvas and am now wondering where to start. ...