Missy Malone Portrait

Hi everyone,


I have just varnished and photographed my latest finished painting.  I upped the size I work at considerably for this piece and it is 50x70cm.  I am proud of this one, it feels like a step forward for my oil painting.
This is another from a series I am working on from a shoot I did with Miss Rain Photography and Missy Malone last year. There is a bit of reflected light catching the canvas grain: I am not set up for photographing large paintings, sorry!

 close up on face

I also finished off this little piece last week.  It was done from one life session and then finished from a photo.  The fabulous moustache has long since been shaved off Dan's face :(  If you are not familiar with Dan's work then check his blog out.  Brilliant stuff: ARTSHAME

MOMA BOT

A little one off piece for the portfolio frontiersmen project:  MOMA BOT by Mutsy.  For babies in space :)

Dr Sketchy Nottingham August 2012

Hi all.

Yesterday I was graced with the presence of the most excellent Ben Newman. Ben was the guy who first took me under his wing when I started my art career a decade ago.  He is an excellent fellow and a great artist.  He also drinks a LOT of Vodka!

We went with many of the usual gang to Dr Sketchy Nottingham and had a blast!.  Scarlet and Charlotte run a brilliant event and it was great fun.

The models took most of my drawings yesterday but I got crappy photos on my phone of my best two:

This is a 10 minute of the wonderful Coco Malone.  Coco performed 3 songs for us and is supremely talented.  Magic! This drawing is compressed charcoal on newsprint.

The other piece is a whopping 20 minutes of Eliza Delight. Again this drawing is compressed charcoal on newsprint. All 3 of our performers/models were splendid yesterday!

I am just finishing up reading the Art Spirit by Thomas Henri and the book has really helped me with my work in the last few weeks: It is not to heavily involved in technique but it really helps you to clarify for yourself what you are trying to achieve in your images.  Jamie Jones had mentioned it on his blog.  If you do not know Jamie's work then check it: he is a master of digital painting.

Missy Malone fresh of the easel.

This has been in progress for almost a year now! It is hopefully the first of a series from a shoot I did with Miss Rain Photography and Missy Malone last year. It is oil on MDF about 40cm wide and has bevelled edges.  My lovely wife is putting it up on our little gallery on out stairs.  It will be keeping excellent company there:)

Portrait Commission

I recently completed a double portrait commission.  Oil on linen.  Each canvas is about 30cm across I think.

treetops

I put this up once and took it down again. I have done some tweaks now, got the focal point working a bit better.  Calling it done.

frontiersmen environment concept

A new environment concept for Frontiersmen.  Oil rigs in the jungle.