Day 2 – Finished
Day 1
Block in of shadows
Oil on canvas.
40x20cm.
2 sessions. I blocked in using turpsy washes to establish basic values starting with the shadows(above).
Then went straight in with paint but not impasto, but getting thicker towards the end of day one. Day 2 was a bit thicker again starting with strengthening the shadows first. It didnt feel right to get as thick and layered as Andrew Gifford seems to. He seems to start impasto from the start I think.
Quick sketch while the kids played hide and seek.
Oil on board.
25x30cm.
Plein Air oil on canvas.
40x60cm.
3 or 4 sessions up at the leadmines, Co. Dublin.
Plein air oil on board.
20x20cm.
30x20cm oil on canvas.
Another still life. Im finding painting from life much more satisfying than using photo references.
‘The 3 Amigos’
Oil on canvas.
40x20cm.
Oil on canvas.
25cmx35cm.
Lots of layers. Lots of struggling. Not entirely happy with the paint surface.
‘Bray Head Late Evening’
Plein air oil on board.
25cmx25cm.
3 sessions.
My mate Hugh again. I painted this in a different style, quite loosely by eye without a grid. As a result it has a life of its own, more of a character or carricature. Lots of layers.
40x50cm. Oil on canvas.
‘The Last Cream Donut’
Oil on Board.
26x25cm.
My first finished painting since the still life workshop with Conor Walton. This composition and some of the techniques are lifted straight from his toolbox. I hope to integrate what I have learned into my own style in the coming months.
I attempted to paint Hugh and Donna Marie. Alas, I gave her a mauling that was irredeemable so it’s Hugh by himself. Very hard to paint accureately this small…if an eye is off by a millimetre the whole face is thrown.
20x21cm. Oil on board.
Moderately successful attempt at bread from a weekend still life painting course hosted by Conor Walton.
Cropped to 40x25cm. Oil on canvas.
A new commission. Lulu the Dachshund.
Oil on canvas.
30x30cm.
20x20cm. Oil sketch on board. Part of a star wars triptych.
20x20cm. Oil Sketch on board.
‘X-Wing’
Oil sketch on board. 20c21cm.
40x50cm.
Oil on canvas.
20x20cm oil on paper sketch.
Oil on board.
45x21cm.
First plein air of the year. Bray Harbour. Noon on a Wednesday.
Still life oil on paper.
40x20cm.