Experimenting

I’ve been experimenting this morning. A dramatic sunset over Ystradgynlais in oils on a reasonably large canvas. Some artists specialise. They do coastal scene after coastal scene, or mountains, or forests. They get into a…

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A Crisis of Medium Choice

I’m having somewhat of a crisis of medium choice at the moment. Having worked exclusively with oil paints since the beginning of the year, I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated with them. I never thought I’d…

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Busy Behind the Scenes

I’ve been a little quiet on here and on my Instagram account recently. But I’ve still been busy. I recently created a Facebook page for my art. Something I was a little reluctant to do,…

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Aspiring to Realism

I’m now in the final stages of my Llyn y Fan Fach panorama painting. I took it off the wall after a couple of weeks’ drying and worked on the details. Original time estimates for…

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Inspiration in Photos

I’ve taken photographs on a regular basis since 2007. I’ve taken over 12,000 just in the four years, I’ve lived in Wales. With such a huge collection of photos, I noticed just how many shots…

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Oil Paint Colour Swatch

Making a colour swatch of oil paints is not only a soothing process but a valuable bit of prep work before painting. Paint manufacturers do their best to match the colour on the tube to…

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