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Monthly Archives: February 2012
What an inspirational exhibition year so far…
For inspiring exhibitions, London is certainly the place to be at the moment. Here is just a brief pictorial resume of some of the inspirations of 2012… and it’s still only February… how lucky we are! Advertisements
Posted in British Museum, David Hockney, Euan Uglow, Exhibition, Grayson Perry, London, National Portrait Gallery London, Painting, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged British Museum, british painters, David Hockney, drawing, Grayson Perry, haunch of venison, khalili collection, landscape, leonardo da vinci, life model, life painting, London, lucian freud, national gallery london, national portrait gallery, national portrait gallery london, Picasso, portraiture, Royal Academy, Tate, the nude
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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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