SUNFLOWERS
Another "palette-knife" painting - ands it's pretty horrible. I did it at the art-club and wished I'd not bothered. I'm sticking to brushes in future!
16 January, 2010
20 of 86
Another "palette-knife" painting - ands it's pretty horrible. I did it at the art-club and wished I'd not bothered. I'm sticking to brushes in future!
05 December, 2009
19 of 86
VILLENEUVE FLOWERS
Not painted anything for AGES but tonight I went to the Art Club and messed around with this little thing using my pochade box.
08 February, 2009
#18 of 86
QIANG's RUBY RED
Here we go again with another Qiang painting. Can't help myself! I find his paintings so inspiring and whenever I'm off to the art-club on a Friday night, I print one off and have a go at it.
Here we go again with another Qiang painting. Can't help myself! I find his paintings so inspiring and whenever I'm off to the art-club on a Friday night, I print one off and have a go at it.
25 November, 2008
#17 of 86
WINTER COTTAGE
Here's another watercolour. I feel bad about not keeping with the oils, but at least I'm doing something to keep me going :-)
#16 of 86
SLIPPERY SLOPE
Sorry, but I tried and tried to carry on with the oils, but I just can't seem to get any satisfaction or success with it right now. So rather than stop painting, I've jumped back to watercolours to see if I can keep my brushes wet at least! This is a copy of a much bigger version I did a while ago. I sold it for £150 in an exhibition.
09 November, 2008
#15 of 86
Did this one at the art-club on Friday. I didn't have anything to paint, so I copied an image that the guy next to me was painting. He did his with a palette knife and it was brilliant. Mine's errrrr... not. LOL
10 October, 2008
#14 of 86
QIANG's GO GREEN
Yet another copy of a Qiang Painting. I'm beginning to get a little more comfortable with the oil paints now. Not yet confident, but certainly comfortable. I found this one to be a little tougher because I had some trouble (as you can see) finding a suitable green mix with my fixed palette of six colours.
05 October, 2008
#13 of 86
QIANG'S GLASS OF APPLE
Here's another one of Qiang's great paintings - sorry - I mean my version of Qiang's great painting :-) I really struggled with this one but it was still a lot of fun (and good practise).
Here's another one of Qiang's great paintings - sorry - I mean my version of Qiang's great painting :-) I really struggled with this one but it was still a lot of fun (and good practise).
#12 of 86
QIANG'S IRON BOWL
I'm always thrilled to receive my daily painting (via email) from Qiang Huang. His paintings are IMHO the best out there. Needless to say, I subscribe to many other great daily painters, but Qiang's are my favourites. The painting below is my poor attempt at one of Qiang's works and although it hasn't turned out as well as I'd hoped, I thoroughly enjoyed painting it.
I'm always thrilled to receive my daily painting (via email) from Qiang Huang. His paintings are IMHO the best out there. Needless to say, I subscribe to many other great daily painters, but Qiang's are my favourites. The painting below is my poor attempt at one of Qiang's works and although it hasn't turned out as well as I'd hoped, I thoroughly enjoyed painting it.
03 October, 2008
NEWSFLASH ~ I WON !!!
HORWICH ART SOCIETY
Went to the Horwich Art Society Annual Exhibition "Preview Evening" last night, over at the Library and was delighted to find that I was the overall winner, taking the Jack Birchall Memorial Trophy home! Couldn't believe it!
Painting is called "The Arrangement" and is full imperial size.
Went to the Horwich Art Society Annual Exhibition "Preview Evening" last night, over at the Library and was delighted to find that I was the overall winner, taking the Jack Birchall Memorial Trophy home! Couldn't believe it!
Painting is called "The Arrangement" and is full imperial size.
26 August, 2008
#11 of 86
STAITHES
And here's another. My friend gave me a beautiful painting of this scene and it's one of my most treasured posessions, so I thought I'd have a go at painting it. Doesn't even come remotely close to doing his painting justice, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Please note that I did a quick "indoors snap" of this, so the colours are a little lost in the translation to a digital image. I'll try and redo it when I get time.
And here's another. My friend gave me a beautiful painting of this scene and it's one of my most treasured posessions, so I thought I'd have a go at painting it. Doesn't even come remotely close to doing his painting justice, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Please note that I did a quick "indoors snap" of this, so the colours are a little lost in the translation to a digital image. I'll try and redo it when I get time.
#10 of 86
VILLAGE ON'THILL
This was done at the art-club last Friday. Started off quite promising and quickly spiralled. Not to worry!
This was done at the art-club last Friday. Started off quite promising and quickly spiralled. Not to worry!
28 July, 2008
#9 of 86
MOUNTAIN SCENE
Okay, so this one isn't 8x6", but I'm still counting it as one of my paintings toward the goal. It's actually 20 inches wide and started off looking pretty damned good, but as I progressed, I got kinda muddled and it went completely the opposite way that I wanted it to. Never mind - it was another learning step.
Okay, so this one isn't 8x6", but I'm still counting it as one of my paintings toward the goal. It's actually 20 inches wide and started off looking pretty damned good, but as I progressed, I got kinda muddled and it went completely the opposite way that I wanted it to. Never mind - it was another learning step.
22 July, 2008
#8 of 86
CLINTON, MISSOURI.
Tonight I went to a friend's house to paint outdoors in the garden and took a book with me that I'd recently bought called Painting Missouri by Billyo O'Donnell. If you like Plein Air painting books, you simply MUST buy this one! Anyway, I chose a painting from the book and had a go. Really enjoyed doing it but it's a far cry from Billyo's original.
Tonight I went to a friend's house to paint outdoors in the garden and took a book with me that I'd recently bought called Painting Missouri by Billyo O'Donnell. If you like Plein Air painting books, you simply MUST buy this one! Anyway, I chose a painting from the book and had a go. Really enjoyed doing it but it's a far cry from Billyo's original.
16 July, 2008
#7 of 86
FLOWERS IN VASE
Because I did so little painting whilst on holiday, I decided to push myself and rattle off a quickie at home tonight, so I put on a favourite LP, sat back and painted this during side one of the album.
Because I did so little painting whilst on holiday, I decided to push myself and rattle off a quickie at home tonight, so I put on a favourite LP, sat back and painted this during side one of the album.
#6 of 86
MISTY MORNING
This is the only other painting that I did in Spain and it hasn't turned out at all well. I did say that I would post them though - warts and all.
#5 of 86
THE FRUIT SHELF
While holidaying in Spain, I had the intention of doing a great deal of painting but the intense heat (103) just left me with little interest in doing anything other than sunbathing and drinking ice-cold Coca Cola by the bucket load. Anyway, one day I decided to sit under the parasol in the shade and did this painting.
While holidaying in Spain, I had the intention of doing a great deal of painting but the intense heat (103) just left me with little interest in doing anything other than sunbathing and drinking ice-cold Coca Cola by the bucket load. Anyway, one day I decided to sit under the parasol in the shade and did this painting.
02 July, 2008
ON HOLIDAY!
GONE TO SPAIN!
Will be in Spain (Moraira) until 14th July. Have packed my pochade and a load of 8x6 panels, so I'll hopefully have something to show when I return.
Will be in Spain (Moraira) until 14th July. Have packed my pochade and a load of 8x6 panels, so I'll hopefully have something to show when I return.
27 June, 2008
#4 of 86
MARSH FARM
This is the second panel of the two which I did at the club tonight. To be honest, they actually look better "in the flesh" than they do on here.
This is the second panel of the two which I did at the club tonight. To be honest, they actually look better "in the flesh" than they do on here.
#3 of 86
MYSTIC MOUNTAIN
Went to the Art Club tonight and knocked out a couple of 8x6's to try and play catch-up. I really must try to paint more regularly. As with the others, I have made no real attempts to do anything worthwhile here - it's merely to get me started and used to painting with this new medium. Quick, carefree brushstrokes and careless aim. Just noticed how daft that lone tree looks. Ah well!
Went to the Art Club tonight and knocked out a couple of 8x6's to try and play catch-up. I really must try to paint more regularly. As with the others, I have made no real attempts to do anything worthwhile here - it's merely to get me started and used to painting with this new medium. Quick, carefree brushstrokes and careless aim. Just noticed how daft that lone tree looks. Ah well!
21 June, 2008
#2 of 86
AFRICAN SUN
Well, I'm not doing very well at this am I? Eleven days between paintings isn't very productive and will certainly not teach me anything. Tonight I forced myself to go to the art-club and took out my palette-knife to see what horrors I could create. And here it is. After I finished mauling this 8x6 panel, I began work on another one.
Well, I'm not doing very well at this am I? Eleven days between paintings isn't very productive and will certainly not teach me anything. Tonight I forced myself to go to the art-club and took out my palette-knife to see what horrors I could create. And here it is. After I finished mauling this 8x6 panel, I began work on another one.
11 June, 2008
#1 of 86
WELSH VALLEY
Well, I said I'd do it, so here's the first pathetic attempt at oil painting. Boy, I really struggled to post this! I was gonna keep painting until I got something I wasn't ashamed of, but that's not the idea of this blog, so look and laugh.
Well, I said I'd do it, so here's the first pathetic attempt at oil painting. Boy, I really struggled to post this! I was gonna keep painting until I got something I wasn't ashamed of, but that's not the idea of this blog, so look and laugh.
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Our Own Art-Club!
Each Friday we go to the local Art-Club in Horwich. It's a thriving club with a broad range of people of all ages and skill-levels. Apart from the regular painting sessions, we have many professional artists visiting us to demonstrate their skills and to run workshops.
But sometimes, it's nice when just a few friends get together mid-week too, and so here we are in Simon's "studio", benefitting from the skill and experience of his father, Brian Waddington. It looks a bit cramped in there, but we were just huddled together to fit in the photo frame :-)
And you can drink beer in this club! :-)
But sometimes, it's nice when just a few friends get together mid-week too, and so here we are in Simon's "studio", benefitting from the skill and experience of his father, Brian Waddington. It looks a bit cramped in there, but we were just huddled together to fit in the photo frame :-)
And you can drink beer in this club! :-)
