Paintings from Nature with Passion
A new year, new challenges, How will you challenge yourself? I have decided to try and improve my still life paintings. They require all the skills of observation, working from life, checking the angles, proportions, tonal values etc. A new year, new challenges In the past, I was rarely happy with my still life paintings, […]
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Painting Spring Flowers how I do it People who know me say that I only paint flowers when it is raining outside, and mostly they are correct. Painting Spring Flowers how I do it Here are some daffodils which I painted for you. I placed them in an antique blue and white jug. It is
Still life painting is an excellent way of using all my skills of observation, when it is too cold to venture outside to paint! Still life painting in cold weather. My friends and I meet up in each other’s studios where we set up still life subjects. We also paint each other, for a change,
Autumn for Artists. So now it’s getting colder but there are always lovely warmish days in between the cold ones. So I’m off out at every opportunity to capture those Autumn Colours! Autumn and winter for artists!It’s the time when I seek out my thermal wear, ski clothing. Always useful on those chilly days when out
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Who thought still life was dead Did you wonder if still life was old fashioned? For a long time, I did!For many years I just thought it was old fashioned and not for me. How wrong could I have been? Were you one who thought Still life was dead Ask yourself, What does a warm weather
Who thought Still Life was dead I thought it was “So Last Century” Read More »