Painting

Tuesday 24. 07. 12 After my trip up the Hérault yesterday I thought that I would experiment with a different technique today. The above is painted on oiled kraft paper. The technique is quite quick and you can use washes/glazes – this painting was done in one go but I want to see if you can build up washes/glazes. Painting on paper is interesting too – it makes me feel free to experiment and make mistakes.

Monday 23. 07. 12 Worked on La Coiffeuse in the studio in  the morning and then in the afternoon went up the Hérault looking for reference for the Hérault series. Solved the mystery of the man in the boat in Valleraugues – it is a dummy!!!!

Monday 16. 07. 12 Spent most of the day riding along the Hérault up to Valleraugue and back researching potential landscapes for a series of paintings on the Hérault valley. I shot this at Valleraugues and couldn’t figure out whether he was reading a Kindle of sketching on a iPad in his garden boat in the middle of the river!!!

Thursday 07. 06. 12 It has been cool and wet in TO this week but it now seems to be starting to change. I went down to the lake yesterday with Maryann and we did some drawings in the midst of a long on-going conversation. The  above is a small watercolour I did this morning of one of the back alleys near Jason’s house – very verdant at this time of the year.

Thursday 17. 05. 12 I think this is the final white van which I found just outside Lodéve. It will not going anywhere soon!

Monday 14. 05. 12 Went out early this morning to do some drawing en plein air and then came back and did this small painting too.

Tuesday 01. 05. 12 Decided to add a couple of people to one of my white van paintings today. I think that by adding a visual  narrative the painting becomes more interesting.

Friday 20. 04. 12 Made a new chalk drawing for the bedroom this morning.