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November 19 2021 The painting is progressing well. I knew the detail would start to slow me down. At this stage the light is established in the painting. Now for the refining and detailing stage […]
Disa Orchid, fine art carved vessel.
November 9 2021 Something to brighten your day. It has been an interesting challenge this piece as the flowers are so unreal in real life that they look painted already.It is colourful.
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October 29 2021 Another progress picture. Here you can see I’m still working up the background colours of the painting. The complex of branches in the background have been worked up a little more. I […]
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October 14 2021 New beginings. At last I am starting on another painting. I have been looking forward to doing this painting for a long time now after the quick colour study that you have […]
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September 23 2021 More layers of paint along with plenty more detail to do yet. This is still the underpainting stage. I really enjoy this part of the process when you start to see how […]
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August 27 2021 This piece is not my usual subject, orchids an interesting change for a commissioned piece. Keeping busy as usual. I hope wherever you are in the world that you are keeping safe […]
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Wow this has been a lot of work. Here are the two works of art I have been working on over the last few months. The cheetah subject is based in the Kalahari with a […]
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July 16 2021 As usual the artists colours simply do not translate into a photograph very well. They are much more saturated in the actual artwork. At this stage the vessel has been carved and […]
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June 18 2021 Today starting from scratch again. Pencil on sanded wood. This piece is a sunset hunt of lion and zebra loosely based on a savanna scene in the Masai Mara. The two lionesses […]
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June 142021 An altogether more intense day mulling oil paint. Here Cadmium Yellow Deep PY35 This pigment absorbs less oil compared with yesterday’s pigment and initially is harder work getting it from the crumbly pallet […]