Not quite there yet…

Another work-in-progress today.  I seem to have a lot of those, but there really isn’t any way of getting round the process with oil paints, and the paintings I need to keep on the go.

Giving this painting some drying time now, then I can do more to it.  Strangely, paint not only dries but also settles into place (well, in my head it does)…. I think it’s just that I need to step away from it for a while.  When I look at it again after a break, I see what needs doing.

DONKEYS looking at us over the fence…

Click on the image below for the Youtube video…..

~ Hope you enjoyed seeing this part ~ 

It didn’t record!

Whoops….I thought I was all set to record this painting from the beginning, but turned out it didn’t happen…...grrrr.  Never mind, these things happen.   So you join this on the second part of the painting process.

I’ll need to paint the sides of the canvas, but will have to wait until the painting dries a bit, then I can handle it from the easel.

Anyway, here’s “Stag on the Moor”  Oil on canvas measuring 8”x10” inches.   Click the image……

Blow The Cobwebs Away

That’s what this seascape felt like, so hence the title.  It’s nice to come up with a title whilst painting, but was exactly how it felt.  I couldn’t paint the wind blowing but I could show the waves crashing…. 

Click the image for the video…it is in timelapse 

~ Hope you enjoy seeing the process ~

Out of the comfort zone

You get into a set way of painting, generally, and there’s no reason why not.  Artists keep to their own style and don’t deviate.  Their work is recognisable because of that.  But sometimes it is good to do a different style, if only to see if you prefer it, or perhaps to use a snippet of the other style in your own work.

This is where I found myself the other day.  Painting in a very different style, more towards abstract-meets-contemporary (ish).

Heather on the hills of exmoor using mainly a palette knife plus lots of thick textured paint.

Click on the image to see a 6min+ video.

Hope you enjoy.