Posts by Richard Allen
Getting Back Out There
Slowing getting back into the swing of standing in fields waving my brushes about. This one was at my default painting spot that I can walk to in 20mins. Just tree, water and sky but it changes every day
Read MoreOut and about after Lockdown
Long time since last post – not stopped painting but “stuff” gets in the way of the blog and painitng outside. Working from home due to Covid-19 and spending 10 hours at the computer is not conducive to wanting to spend more time at a screen. Anyway getting out a bit more now and enjoying…
Read MorePainting in 30 Deg C Heat
I am off work this week so planning to go out every day with the paints. As the week has gone on the heat and the dust as gradually bleached out all the colours. I have never been to the South of France but I assume the air is much clearer so the colours remain.…
Read MoreStill Painting
It has been rather a struggle to get out painting over recent weeks. The rain does not normally worry me, but the general greyness does sometimes dampen my enthusiasm. Any hint of the sun and I am off! I have been tempted to try painting a few sunrises/sunsets. I alway thought they look rather naff,…
Read MoreCambridge Open Studios
A busy time at the moment, preparing for Cambridge Open Studios , the fifth year I have been involved in this excellent organisation. I am currently preparing the twenty or so extra picture frames that I have ordered, and selecting pictures to hang. The most enjoyable part of the weekends is talking to visitors and…
Read MoreThe Last of Summer
Although I enjoy painting Autumn and Winter I have been out making the most of the last of the summer weather. Below is photo of sunrise painting – luckily finished by 7am when the fishermen arrived. The colours are not a garish as in the photo, and once the tree line sorted back in the…
Read MoreI am still here
Not posted anything for a while; getting out painting always takes priority. I am not a fan of that all over blue light during the hot summer, but it did mean long evenings with that special golden light as the sun sinks. Autumn is my favorite time for painting, especially when the Rivers and Fens…
Read MoreThis is Not Cambridgeshire
I recently took a week away to paint on the Isle of Skye – very different to Cambridgeshire. Obviously there are more mountains but there is also more water and more midges. I went well prepared and had a great time. It took time to get used to judging the height of hills and getting…
Read MoreCOS 2018 Preview Evening
I am looking forward to Cambridge Open Studios next month. My studio will be open the middle two weekends – see Open Studios 2018 . However this year I am also having an informal preview evening on Thursday 12th July, the Thursday before the Cambridge Open Studios officially starts – all welcome.
Read MoreHot Day Holywell
Just had to get out painting yesterday although not a fan of blue skies. The painting turned out to be rather a “green monster” but plan to add a couple of figures and maybe sort out some of the tones once back home. Surprisingly few people around with the normal problems with out of control…
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