26/07/2010 by Gina Wright.

This is my preparation for a new painting that I have been working on. The charcoal sketch was to get a feel for the composition. I then did a small colour study with blocks of colour and kept a note of those used as small swatches. At this point I get quite excited about a painting as I can see how I want to complete the work.

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25/06/2010 by Gina Wright.

I couldn’t resist this subject! Puddles can be so much fun. I enjoy doing my figurative work in pastel.

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10/06/2010 by Gina Wright.

This is a new studio painting. I love the sense of wonder that children just can’t hide when they are enthralled by nature. I enjoyed using some unusual colours for this painting.

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02/05/2010 by Gina Wright.

This is a larger studio piece. Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife always gives me so much inspiration for my work. There is always something happening at the harbour that makes standing to watch entertaining.

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30/04/2010 by Gina Wright.

This was my drawing from last nights life drawing class. I used vandyke ink to block in the major shapes, then once that had dried I did my drawing over the ink. I used charcoal initially then conte to get a nice strong dark. I finished by putting some pastel colour to indicate the blanket she was lying on.

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20/04/2010 by Gina Wright.

Yesterday I got my watercolours out and topped up my paint tray with fresh colours. I started the day doing colour mixing studies. It can be quite time consuming but once done can give some new combinations of colours to experiment with. I really enjoyed doing this figurative painting.

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06/04/2010 by Gina Wright.

Today Andrew and I are celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary. My present to Andrew is this portrait of him and our cat Xena, who has been with us now for 10 of those 20 years.

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16/02/2010 by Gina Wright.

Yesterday I did this study painting of a couple paddling on St Andrews beach. Something I love to do however I will need to wait a while as temperatures just now freezing!

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13/02/2010 by Gina Wright.

My 2009 calendar had a different Monet painting each month. I so enjoyed looking at these pictures throughout the year. The freshness and quality of light in his work is extraordinary. I enjoyed doing these little studies and learning more about his work.

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09/02/2010 by Gina Wright.

After doing the warm up exercise at life drawing class we got down to a few 40min exercises. This contour drawing was done with conte and then washes were applied using an opaque paint. The skin tone was done in small brush strokes in different directions. Several colours were used in layers. First orange then blue then a warm red. I didn’t quite get this finished.

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