Stirling Art Club have invited me to do a painting demonstration tomorrow evening. I have done a study in colour and one in black and white, I am doing the painting with a limited range of pastel colours. The colours I plan to use are in the mixed chart on the left hand side. In the middle is the outlined sketch for the demonstration.
I have recently finished this portrait as a commission. It is mostly conte with just a touch of soft pastels in the final strokes.
This is a page from my sketch book showing studies for some seascape compositions I am considering. More inspiration from our trip to the Outer Hebrides!
I was asked to do a demonstration at Largo Bay Arts Society. Here is the painting that I did last night, not quite completed. The orange ground is showing through in the foreground rocks.
I did this tonal study for a new painting I have in mind. I sketched the scene when we were on Barra so I could refer to it in the studio.
Doing this study took me right back to the Outer Hebrides and its quirky landscape.
This afternoon I made an effort to get my oil paints out and walk up to the fields behind our house to do a study. In the nearby fields tractors we ploughing, I was not the only one working!
Just loved this beach on Barra. However it was one of many beautiful beaches we saw on our trip to the island. We were only away for a few days yet I have had so much inspiration from the visit. I look forward to doing more paintings soon.
Just back from a tour of some of the Hebridean islands. A great trip which has given me lots of inspiration. The recent life drawing class lesson was using charcoal to get an idea of the shapes then coming in with conte to define the drawing. I chose to use this technique to do a landscape study from the ferry ride looking to the Uist hills.
I took a visit to St. Monans with my brother who was over from Canada. While there I did some sketching as it was a beautiful day and the harbour was looking spectacular.