#76 ‘Peppers’ 5×7″

#76 ‘Peppers’ 5×7″

by | May 19, 2016 | 5x7", Food, Red, Still Life, Vegetable

I wanted this to be well observed but painterly. Rich complementary colours go well together. One for my students to try :-)The title I did want to call it was: ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine’, but it seamed a bit of a mouthful! When I...
#73 ‘Pink Rose’ 5×7″

#73 ‘Pink Rose’ 5×7″

by | May 16, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Pink, Plant, Rose

I am buzzing from an amazing painting weekend! It was at the Old Bank Studios in Harwich, a great set up for painting courses (lovely lunches too!)Haidee-Jo Summers ran the workshop, she is a wonderful plein air painter, I feel very inspired and full of new...
#69 ‘Garlic Bulbs’ 5×7″

#69 ‘Garlic Bulbs’ 5×7″

by | May 4, 2016 | 5x7", Vegetable

I put a strong spot light to the side which gives a blue-violet shadow for half of the garlic, it also accentuates the bulbous shape. I painted in a really dark background mixing a blue-black and brown-black with the 3 primary colours. It felt quite scary putting...
#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″

#34 ‘Lisianthus’ 5×7″

by | Feb 15, 2016 | 5x7", Flower, Flowers, Purple, Still Life

These flowers were in my bouquet I had on for Valentines day :-)I like the wispy delicate buds and rich deep flower heads. I had a go at drawing it before thinking it would work as a coloured drawing. But the colours were so wishy washy compared to oils I had to then...