Work in progress
Acrylic paint on wooden panel 24” × 18”
New paint
Recieved a delivery of some new paint. Daler Rowney System 3 500ml Acrylic. I’ve always enjoyed using this paint and I’m hoping to start working on a larger scale so I've bought bigger. A little thinner but it’s available in heavy body and you could use it with a texture paste.
In the studio
Work in progress from today in the studio. Filming a new demo. Acrylic paint on wooden panel 24” × 18”
Work in progress
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas day. Taking time away from the studio but this is a canvas panel that I've been working on. I’m going to be filming another demo before the end of the year.
Happy Christmas
On this Christmas eve I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas and hope you enjoy spending time with your family and friends. Buzz hasn't appeared on this blog for a while so here he is in his smart new coat.
New demo
Application of varnish. Finished filming a short demo video. Available to watch tomorrow.
Work in progress
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas 16” × 12”
Varnish
Application of matte varnish to the finished canvas panels. 3 coats of acrylic varnish allowing up to 3 hours to dry between coats.
Work in progress
I've been working on another acrylic on canvas this afternoon. This one was painted over an old work and I was experimenting with adding texture to the surface using modelling paste and a stencil.
Acrylic on canvas
Recently completed 12” × 16” stretched canvas. These have yet to be varnished but i’m pleased with the colours and the composition. Hopefully I’m beginning to work on some larger canvases.
Work in progress
Acrylic paint on 12” × 16” stretched canvas.
Bird bath?
Casting the top section of this piece. I like the idea of including water, lighting effects into the gallery with the eggshell below. The finished artwork will be located outside hopefully in the next few days so I can see how it reacts to a harsh British winter. Eventually I will make a couple more base sections to raise it higher off the ground.
Recent work
Working on some larger canvas pieces using the smaller sketches to develop the composition and experiments with colour.
Concrete
I’ve been casting another section for the recent work, had a bit of extra concrete leftover so I've been playing around with a few pieces left in the studio.
Acrylic on canvas
Working on the small canvas in the studio today
YouTube
I’ve decided to change the way I film the demos and will post all future videos exclusive to this website. The videos will then be edited and a shorter version will be available to watch on the YouTube channel. The video I posted today on the channel was a timelapse sequence.
Work in progress
I’m working on a series of small canvases. 12” × 16” Starting from some smaller compositions. I prepare the canvas with a modelling paste.
Cast concrete
The next stage of the project has been finished and I will allow this to set for a couple of days before I can move it. It's worked quite well although not perfect and it’s great to see the very fragile broken birds egg surrounded by all that concrete.
Recent work oil paint on paper
Experimenting with oil paint and monochrome using monoprinting techniques on 270gsm paper.
Work in progress
I’ve been making the mould for this new work so that I can begin to cast the concrete. The mould was complex and it should be able to be re-used on another work. Hopefully tomorrow I will be pouring this piece, allowing 24hours for the concrete to set before it can be removed.
