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Category Archives: Drawing
Inspirations: Radical Clarity
With a change of studio imminent, I find myself caught between desperately wanting to begin a number of new paintings, but firstly having the pressure of trying to complete work-in-progress, some of which has been in progress many months. So … Continue reading
Posted in Browse & Darby London, Drawing, Euan Uglow, Exhibition, London, Lucian Freud, National Portrait Gallery London, Nudes, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged arts, british painters, culture, drawing, elements of painting, figure drawing, life painting, London, lucian freud, measurement, national portrait gallery, paint application, painting, portraiture, proportion, the nude
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Egyptian light – exploring new mediums
Spending time back in Luxor visiting friends and familiar places has given me time to explore two new mediums a little further. I have dipped into both techniques back at home but continuing other work in the studio hadn’t given … Continue reading
Posted in David Hockney, Drawing, Egyptian Portraits, Exhibition, Luxor, Painting, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Portraiture
Tagged arts, british painters, drawing, Egyptian portraits, figure drawing, iPad drawings, landscape, Luxor, paint application, painting, Petrie Museum, portrait drawings, portraiture, renaissance drawings, Silverpoint, sittings, travel
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Exhibition ‘Luxor: People & Places’ is extended
Luxor: People & Places at the Petrie Museum is now extended until 27th April 2012. Opening hours are Tues – Sat 1-5pm. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT
Posted in Drawing, Egyptian Portraits, Exhibition, London, Luxor, Painting, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged arts, drawing, egyptian archaeology, Egyptian portraits, London, Luxor, middle-east, Petrie Museum, portraiture, university college london
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tranquillity
Straight from the easel, a newly completed (I think) reclining nude began June 2011 and the last sitting during March 2012.
Posted in Drawing, Nudes, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged drawing, painting in oils, sustained pose, the nude
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Exhibition – Figureworks @ Chequer Mead
I’m very pleased to be able to announce the opening of the exhibition Figureworks at Chequer Mead Arts Centre next week. I have been tutoring this group of artists for a number of years now. It has been most rewarding to … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Exhibition, London, Nudes, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education class, chequer mead arts, east surrey, euan uglow, figurative studies, figure painting
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From the sublime to the ridiculous
A Friday afternoon wander through the art and inspirations of Paris to London, and finally through the Yorkshire Wolds brought a number of mixed feelings – positive and negative, along with an increased weariness of the blockbuster exhibition. It was … Continue reading
Posted in David Hockney, Drawing, Exhibition, Grayson Perry, London, Luxor, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged Ben Nicholson, David Hockney, drawing, graham sutherland, landscape, painting, paris to london, Picasso, Royal Academy, Tate, tate britain, working in london, yorkshire wolds
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Exhibition – ‘Faces of Egypt’ at Putney Art School
‘Faces of Egypt’ – a collection of drawings, etchings and oil studies will be on display at Putney School of Art and Design from 20th February until 3rd March 2012. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturdays … Continue reading
Reductive drawing and tone – Life drawing: 2
The second part of my article on drawing the nude is now available in the March issue of the Artist magazine. Reductive drawing and tone discusses how this technique may be used when drawing from both the figure, and the … Continue reading
Posted in British Museum, Drawing, London, Nudes, The Artist magazine, Uncategorized
Tagged drawing, sculpture, the Artist magazine, the nude, V&A
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Work in Progress – A Sustained Pose
Following a rather intensive time in the studio focusing on still life, I returned to the subject of the nude early last summer. Since then I have been working on a series of small-scale nudes which have been made over … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Nudes, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged sittings, skin tones
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Painting Still Life in Oils
I was asked to write a short article for Putney Art School friends newsletter about my experience of writing Painting Still Life in Oils so I thought I would include the piece here. It was during the Autumn of 2009 … Continue reading
