Archive for September, 2010

I shall be exhibiting my latest work at Th Easingwold Art Exhibition ;-
Friday evening 22nd October 7-9pm
Sat 23rd 9am – 7.30 pm
Sun 24th 9am-4pm
A great show of work of many artists,photographers, sculpters and potters ,
An opportunity to do a bit of early Christmas shopping!
come and enjoy an evening or day out at this lovely old market town,some great inns and restaurants in the area

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    For the drawing on the right I used graphite and coloured pencil, and for the other , I added a watercolor wash , which as you can see intesified the tones

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I shall be exhibiting in the Home of Dave and Liz Hubbard at 24Rochester Terrace.

Come along for a great day out

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The really detailed landscape work is finished,I need to do a little more work on the trees, then it’s on to the poppy fields in the forground,

 depending on how it looks ,I have it in my mind to put in one or two large detailed studies of poppies in the foreground, but it may not work out that way, and I’ve just noticed the two cumulus clouds sitting above the church spire,I will have to do something with them , they look really odd!

I also think one or two more trees in the middle distance would create more depth, especially when I’ve finished glazing over the painting as it is now, every thing needs to be pushed back a bit I’ve deliberately painted church and trees in bold tones to allow me to use a glaze over the top

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I have submitted 5 paintings ,including “High Barns” into the Brigantia Art and Craft Exhibition at The Sutton Bank Visitor Centre, and it runs untill 28th of Sept.

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I could also title this painting Sutton Bank or the White Horse, as this is the distant view, but it will be Thirkleby church that will be  the focal point

 This is the third time I have painted this scene, and each time the original has sold immediately , in fact the last one sold before I had finished it ! so as I have a few local exhibitions in the near future I thought it would be a good subject to do again, the view is only about 5 miles from where I live and I pass it on the A19 regularly, some years the field is bright yellow with oilseed, but I just love the view when the cereal crop is full of poppies.

I’ve spent 2 days getting the painting to this stage, next to do is the middle distance  some varied mature trees and Thirkleby church, then the poppy field !

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Having spent last evening looking at this painting on our lounge wall I have decided to remove the figures , they detracted from the scene I felt, the scene is one that I enjoyed  at the time, had there been anyone else there I would have waited untill they were well out of sight before I continued my walk, I like to have that feeling of aloneness when I am up in the hills and other people in sight spoils it for me.

The figure also spoilt the effect I have tried to create, of distance and depth , they created a focal point  that stopped the eye travelling into the scene.

I have tried to take your eye on a journey down, around the hills and bends in the river valley, to the far distant hills that are  catching the rays of sunlight .

there are several focal pointers, the corner of the wal,l the trees, the river showing through, and the folds of hills , all leading the eye into the distance

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at last, 2 long days in the studio and now it is completed at last,

based on photos taken when I was walking earlier this year, geographically it is more or less correct , the 3 trees are there as is the formation of the walls, I have accentuated the colour in the foreground to add depth , I wanted to recreate the feeling when I took the photos , that I was standing on the edge of a precipice, it was certainly a very steep and long drop , I hope that comes across from the painting

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I started this painting several weeks ago before getting involved with other stuff, like portraits and commissions for animal paintings , thigs that paid me money !

It’s nice to get back to something completely different and a lovely landscape,

 I can remember vividly the day I took the photos I am working from, it was quite cloudy, odd blustery showers , but the sun would light up the scenery from time to time , especially the distant hills , bringing out the colours of the heather and bracken quite vividly.

the next stage of the painting process  is to put in a stone wall and three bare barren trees and hopefully recreate the feeling that you are standing at the edge of a precipice looking down into the valley. the fore ground was very rocky I remember , so I think I will make use of my pallette knife and paint all the forground impasto  which will help give more depth to the painting.

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completed painting of Millie the cat in acrylic on canvas

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