| GALLERY This is a list of some of the paintings I have done, what type of paints were used and whats wrong with them. If you can spot how something can be improved then your next painting will be better.
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first watercolour in 1992. Student colours on watercolour paper |
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The
crabs were sketched looking into a pool and coloured later. The
colouring is hesitant, too light |
| A
sketch at a tarn in the Lake District, I painted it while I was
there. Student colours Half hour |
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I
dropped the painting twice as it was windy, this made spots on the
painting |
| A
painting done from a photograph I took of lake Windermere so I could
paint it later. Student colours except for the red which was artist
quality. Hour and a half |
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The
mountains look alright but the tree island is not clear and the
big boat on the left is the wrong size |
| Bolton
Abbey, painted on site with student colours 1 hour |
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Pretty obvious that the mound in the centre looks like it is floating. Needs a shadow and stronger line on the right
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| Newstead
Abbey 2002, painted on site with student colours 40 minutes |
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Abbey looks great to me, but trees seem the wrong size and the road dominates too much
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| North Beach, Iona 2000. Artist quality paints and a big brush. Hour from a photograph I took |
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Sky looks a little flat. White is masking fluid applied before painting started. Lot of paint was applied thick, straight from tube |
| Holly washing car, from a photograph using artist quality paints. Hour and a half |
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The entire painting is done with indigo. Buit up in layers, each darker than the next. The hat on the child's head looks like a helmet |
| Chilwell road. It was a hot summer evening in my art class so I went outside and painted the street by the artshop. Artist quality paints. hour and a half |
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The
pencil sketch under the painting is wonky. The perspective looks
odd around the roofs. I was pleased with the brick effect though |
| Lincolnshire
Cafe 2001. Sat in a chair painting this. Took about 55 minutes then
another hour later at home to get the detail right |
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Painting
looked too flat till I took a chance and put a lot deeper tones
in |
| Charlestown Harbour Sketch. 2001 Black permanent pen. i sat in the Harbour and drew this in about an hour |  |
I was pleased to get the picture focussed around the flagpole. The cliffs are a bit low on detail |
| Charlestown
Harbour from sketch |
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Top
of green hill bled into sky as sky was still wet. Not much detail
on left hand side. Notice the harbour wall is now the focus, not
the flagpole |
| My
Photograph of a bridge in Oxford. |
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The
river was in flood and I had to kneel down to get the reflections |
| Final
painting of bridge in Oxford About 3 hours |
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The
white areas in the water are masked off before painting. the railings
need deeper shadows, sky was an accident but works |
| Italian city at night. This was a simpification of a photo on a magazine. Took about an hour to start and another hour to finish off two weeks later |
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After
the painting was finished, my wife suggested yellow lights in the
windows. Combined with a yellow wash over the whole picture this
gave the whole thing warmth |
Beeston Lock in Pencil. I had a photo I had taken of this and I took about an hour to get the main shapes and later another hour to deepen shadows and use a wet brush over the watercolour pencils |
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Contrast
is a bit low and deeper colours would match the forced perspective |
Beestonlock in Watercolour. One hour sitting by the river to get the main shapes and another 30 minutes later to deepen the boat shadows and add extra 'washes' to the water |
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If you compare this with the previous version above, the perspective is less pronounced and the distant trees work better. The whole painting curves down and right though as I am right handed! |
Wicker bird in pastels. 20 minutes at a museum in Glastonbury |
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I didn't leave enough space around the drawing but generally I am happy with this one |
Vaughans catamaran. A commission for my Brother-in-law. I was sent a photo and used a sheet of glass as a see through mirror to get the shapes right. In the end I scanned in the photo and fiddled it in PhotoShop |
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Extremely difficult to make the thin linesof the boat stand out against the background so i used different techniques to add contrast |
Hovis Cottages. About 2 hours and another hour later with coloured pencils |
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This picture has been overworked. It would look better with half the time spent on it and a big white border |
Minehead from beach. An hour on the beach and an hour later addign details |
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I like the lines for teh sand and the detail on the headland but the whoel painting is twisted to the left slightly. Sea needs more contrast between close and distant |
Mousehole, Cornwall. Painted from a postcard of Mousehole durign a big storm with crashing waves. About 3 hours in total |
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I regret using such heavy lines for the sea as it woudl look better with all pencil lines erased. Imay redo this picture later |
New Wine. A holiday diary in picture form. I now have five of these in my toilet! |
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This picture is high resolution so may takea time to download |
Robin Hoods Bay. An unfinished traditional painting. About four hours so far |
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Sometimes a painting can't be finished because I don't know what to do with it. Eventually I will finish this picture and post a newer scan |
Robin Hoods Bay. Painted froma photocopy of a picture on the Internet |
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The Internet picture was converted into black and White by photocopying continously. I think the thick lines are a mistake |
Lighthouse. From a photograph in a photography magazine. three hours |
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The picture didn't look right until I added lots of deep blue (Indigo) It is still a bit unfinished as the sea needs a little more work |
St Ives Bay. Unfinished. Painted on the beach in 30 minutes using a wet technique and since then 2 more sessions adding 'over washes' |
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Still unfinished. I feel this painting will eventually work but I do not know what it needs. Might add some white gouache flicked from a brush for spray |
St Ives Bay. One hour sitting on the harbour wall, 30 minutes later tidying lines and adding texture with coloured pencils |
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I had a big argument with someone because I was 'blocking' one of the three walkways around the sea wall. Dangerous life being an artist |
Rosie's first real picture |
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Made into a card |
Rosie's picture after three short watercolour lessons at the local art shop |
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She did this using a collection of techniques! |
