Emma Butler-Cole Aiken Stained Glass and I are looking forward to being at Selkirk Farmers Market next week, on Saturday 7th September! We'll be in Selkirk Market Place from 9.30am to 1pm with a table full of glass, drawings, prints, paintings, books, postcards,...
I've been working on improving my colour studies and digital painting. There's a lot I need to keep practicing, but I'm pleased with the sense of distance in this study.
The snow is beginning to melt, leaving icy pools of water and slush. As I struggled through it on a walk this afternoon I thought it would be a good subject for today's study.
I struggled with this one. Choosing the colour and getting the texture right was difficult, and I don't feel I've completely succeeded in either area. This was a study of a canvas bag. I guess I need to paint more cloth!
If you've been following me for a few years you may remember that back in 2015 I drew 'Pieces of Sky', small squares of the sky I saw that day. (Here's an example.) I've been thinking about starting to draw small colour studies again, as I enjoyed the challenge....
It's been over a year since I last updated my portfolio and showreel so (thanks to the prodding of others) I'm finally sorting through my work. In doing so I uncovered this painting of Glencoe. From what I remember I abandoned it in frustration, but I quite like it...
When I drew my previous profile picture back in February (!) I thought I'd try drawing a new one each month. Let's see if I can get the next one done by December ...
I'd like to get into the habit of drawing daily so I've come up with a list of short exercises to do, one each day. Today's was a landscape study.Mountain landscape 478216 from http://wallpaper-kid.com/mountain-landscape-backgrounds.htmI did a B&W study first to...
Three sketch studies and the finished painting, created on commission. Though I like the looseness of the quick studies I really enjoyed spending time adding detail into the final picture.The pink sketch I rejected for being too pink, though I used some of the light...