Showing posts with label Oil Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil Painting. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 December 2019

Winter is a really interesting time to paint the landscape, it can often lead you to getting all thoughtful and deep. 😉



Sunday, 1 December 2019

Winter Plein Air in Cambridge.

What excites you about painting?
One thing I discovered, this year, that excites me about painting, is that I love subtle colours and winter is a good time to see them. All those subtle violet greys, green greys, and neutrals.

Finished Painting

 It's easy to get caught up in them and to not see the larger tones and colours that make up the bigger masses.








On this cold winters day, last weekend, virtually no one was about, except the occasional dog walker, it was so peaceful. I was drawn to this scene by the subtle violets of the tree trunk and the earthy, yellow ochres of dried rushes.





The days are shorter now and so the clock is ticking when it comes to painting outdoors, but I'm pleased with the outcome and hope I have captured something of the colours and peacefulness.


Thursday, 5 September 2019

Saturday, 27 April 2019

Plein air painting, in historic Cambridge.

Plein air painting, in historic Cambridge. Beautiful doorway of Pembroke College. See some interesting things whilst out painting, like the car from Only Fools and Horses. Then there's of course the challenge of dealing with urban traffic, but he wasn't there for long and a good day painting was had.






Saturday, 23 January 2016

Oil Painting Tutorial - Basic Paint Mixing and Colour theory

Recently, I completed my first instuctional video on Oil Painting - all done with a smart phone, bit of knoweldge of Photoshop, Audacity and Movie Maker. And of course oil painting

You can watch it here and let me know what you think.