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Acrylic Painting Scares Me!
CeccaIn my office/spare room sits a box of acrylic paints gathering dust. Often when I go in there, I glance across and think to myself "you haven't done a painting in acrylic for some time". In fact,...
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More Miniatures
TinaT I N AWhile watching one of those many Antiques programs on TV the other day, I saw a young lady who spent a lot of her time painting miniature portraits. She was very good, and it got me...
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Stay-wet Palette
Well, it's been a while since I posted anything here I know, so here's one of my later paintings. Continuing my foray into acrylics, this one is larger than anything I've done in this medium - 14"x10"....
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Retired, but will I have more time for art?
A few weeks ago, I hung up my milk carrier for good!You would think that retirement is a time for relaxation, a time to take things easy and potter about in the garden etc., but I seem to be busier...
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Birthday Cards
Despite my more-than-usual busy life at the moment, I did take time to paint a couple of birthday cards. This one was for my daughter-in-law, of our lovely grandson Thomas. I don't always get a good...
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Lengthy Paintings
Acrylic on stretched canvas frameI know I've said in the past that 2-3 hours spent on a painting is as much as I can bear, and this is especially true with watercolour work, but things have been...
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The View from my Back Door
Since I've been retired, I am at home and have time to just look out of the kitchen window a lot. For a few mornings now, while gazing up at the sky I have noticed some lovely cloud formations at...
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A New Venture
Speckled Hen. Acrylic 20 x 20cms on stretched canvasbox frame £30While looking through my photos for some inspiration for a painting recently, I came across a few shots of some bantams that I had taken...
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Old Grammar School, Market Harborough
The Old Grammar School. (30x40cms) acrylic on stretched canvas.I've lived in the busy town of Market Harborough for many years now and spent a lot of my working hours pounding the streets delivering...
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What Happens When I Die?
30 Tourists - Part one30 Tourists. Drawing on Canvas for Acrylic Paint (20x50cm).This week at the South Leicestershire Art Group (SLAGs), I started a new project. After doing three lengthy...
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A Change of Direction?
After the Storm Over Rape Field. 305 x 210 mm watercolour and pen.A Change of Direction?This is my first foray into cubism. I've never really liked Picasso’s cubism works or cubism in general, until I...
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Lino Printing - Simple, or is it?
Done SledgingIt's been almost a year since I posted anything on here despite so much that has happened in that time. 2013 has been a good year for me, sold a number of paintings and greetings cards,...
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London Tourists - the finished painting
This has been the longest ever time that I've taken over a painting. It has also been on and off the shelf since its conception. I've been both tremendously excited and absolutely fed-up with it at...
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Great Bowden Village Boxing Day Meet
Great Bowden Boxing Day MeetIt is a tradition that goes back many years to hold the Fernie Hunt opening Meet on the village green in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. I try to attend this yearly event...
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Italian Cyclists
Italian Cyclists - acrylic 30x40 cmsIsn't it funny how you read all these articles in art magazines by competent artists who give you step-by-step instructions on how to create a masterpiece like...
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We Visit the National Portrait Gallery
People near Fountain. Pen & Wash 20x20 cmMembers of our art club were fortunate enough to have a coach trip down to London to visit the National Portrait gallery yesterday. The BP 2014 Portrait...
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Le Nonne
Le NonneThe main reason I paint these days is for my own personal pleasure and not what many people like or want to buy for that matter. Come to think of if it, I haven't sold a painting since last...
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New Paints
Self 2015 Oil on canvas paper 30x40 cm.One year in the early 1970’s I attended an evening course learning how to paint in oils with local tutor Edna Bull. Being in my mid-twenties and a family man, I...
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The Ewe in Oils
At the end of first stage I usually complete one painting about every 1 to 2 weeks, depending on the size of the support or type of medium used. If it's a request or commission, maybe a a little...
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Can I Make My Own Frames?
The high cost of getting work framed these days can push the price tag of our paintings quite high. While this may not be a problem for established artists who can command a good price for their work,...
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Painting the Show
Sheep Judging at the Leicester County Show - 400x300cm Oil on boardThis year saw the revival of the Leicester County Show, which was held at Airfield Farm just to the North of Market Harborough. Having...
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Over the Sea to the US
One of my portrait paintings has winged it's way over the Atlantic to be with its new owner.This is the second portrait that I have done of Janna.She tells me that she and her family love it - so nice...
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For The Love Of Portraiture
This is my first post for 2017, and I've started the year working (mostly) on portraits. I seem to have an endless passion and fascination in painting people. Whether it's just a head, head and...
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Rip Up Your LP's!
Back in the early 1960's, like most other teenagers, I quickly developed an interest pop music played on the radio. I would listen to Radio Luxembourg which was one of the few radio stations that...
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Blue Zebra
2/5/2019 Last month saw us taking the grandchildren to Twycross Zoo and I just loved the zebras.Dusted off my box of acrylics for this one. Good start with the drawing, but gave up trying to draw the...
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