Painting

Since discovering that a conservatory is a terrible place to paint still life if you want consistent light, I painted this over a few dark autumn evenings. This has forced me to setup some suitable lighting. As most house bulbs are warm white (2700k - 4000k) they're...

For this painting I used my wife's (throughalookingglass.co.uk) photo from her 'Sky full of Horses' series. I tried out the Michael Harding oil paints that arrived last week and I have to say, they're a joy to use. Not a million miles away from the Jackson's own ones...

For this painting I used a photo my wife took at Broadway Tower as reference. Painting with a palette knife is hard! I need to get a proper easel for next time as you need to be able to get the knife completely flat at any angle. Still, I think it's worth persevering...

Another in my 5"x7" alla prima series. This request came from @math.lande on Instagram. I'm learning a lot from working this small.  Just 2 of these little canvases left to fill. https://instagram.com/p/BJFNAcBDTaN/

I wanted a still life with better lighting so have been building a stage based on the Mark Carder's 'shadow box'. I'll post a bit more on how I made this at some point. https://instagram.com/p/BH97UyKD4QR/ This was the resulting still life. I painted this in the day...

A friend of mine asked me to paint his son for a birthday present after seeing my mini alla prima series. I spent a bit more time on the details and blending.

I've been watching a lot of Mark Carder oil painting videos recently. This still life was mainly an exercise in matching colours as accurately as I could. I paid little attention to detail and accuracy, and didn't blend at all, so the painting isn't very good. It...