by Drawing Pad | 23 February, 2010 | Art, Blog, Drawing, Painting
This study for my new painting was done quite quickly in about an hour but the painting was done over a week. I’m pleased with it and feel it represents my current interests, derived from my own sketchbook drawing and ideas about painting. The title...
by Drawing Pad | 9 December, 2009 | Drawing, Painting, Sketchbooks
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by Drawing Pad | 14 November, 2009 | Drawing, Painting
I worked on this for sometime. It’s quite small really – acrylic on watercolour paper – about 13x10ins. I made some initial working drawings in my A6 sketchbook, because the composition was complicated and not really planned but felt towards...
by Drawing Pad | 30 September, 2009 | Art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Painting, Sketchbooks, Travel
When I was about 14, I went to a large exhibition of Turner’s work, including sketchbooks and sketches, at what was then the Tate Gallery and now Tate Britain. I spent the return journey scribbling on a piece of paper as the coach chased the sun down the M4....
by Drawing Pad | 6 September, 2009 | Art, Illustration, Painting
I painted this as a birthday present for my sister; its based on memories of a holiday in Provence: Walking in fields full of wild flowers and travelling through the French countryside on a train.
by Drawing Pad | 14 July, 2009 | Blog, Drawing, Painting
Views on the Isle of Wight. 2 of 4 drawings made at that location and lots of photos