Wendy Sharpe at Art Shed Brisbane
Last Saturday at Art Shed Brisbane, Archibald Prize winner Wendy Sharpe demonstrated her portrait painting techniques in oils. It was very informative and revealed much of how her materials and...
View ArticlePortrait Painting with Krystal Lopez-Barahona
Krystal Lopez Baranona completed her art degree at Queensland College of Art while my wife Meg was there. I remember their graduate show and Krystal’s arresting and passionate portraits of elderly...
View ArticleKasey Sealy Landscape in Oils
I’ve long admired the way Kasey’s landscapes have such harmony of light. They glow. I attended the first day of his weekend workshop yesterday. A video and my interpretation of his main points follow-...
View ArticleMoreton Island Sand Dunes
I painted me a little gem. It kind of just appeared on my easel, and I love it. It’s a tiny little thing but it sings of the feel of that lovely morning when I was there. Now I just have to figure out...
View ArticleJohn Wilson Landscape Painting
Today John Wilson painted two Australian landscapes in a demo at Art Shed Brisbane. At a previous workshop, John had shown me an inspired technique which has helped me more than any other instruction...
View ArticleThanks Colley Whisson
In June I attended a four day workshop with Colley Whisson. I learned so much that I’ve been struggling to find the time to practice it all. I hope to get a chance to detail some of his techniques, but...
View ArticleStill Life in Oils
I’ve been so excited about my new technique I haven’t had time to post. Here’s some examples. I’ll be demonstrating my processes at Art Shed Brisbane this coming Sat. 13th Nov. Full description to...
View ArticlePainting Still Life in Oils
I haven’t blogged for a while because I’m hooked. Painting small still lifes is addictive. Let me explain why… Remember in my early blogs I said that I rarely get a chance to paint except in the...
View ArticleHigh Key Still Life Oil Paintings
Here are some small still life paintings in which I tried a higher key, and cooler colours. The colours in the photo of ‘ tomatoes and green bottle’ haven’t come out as they should The painting’s...
View ArticleStill Life Painting – Low key
Here’s a dark moody still life. I’m fairly happy with it, so I repeated the exercise… the second time with an orange. When doing these paintings, I try to keep the number of brush strokes to a minimum....
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