Posts Tagged ‘Cambridgeshire’
I 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 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…
Read MoreAllotment Season
I have spent about a week framing and creating labels for my Cambridge exhibition (see earlier blog) and in that time the trees have start to turn spring green. Not my favorite subject. I have had a go at painting some local allotments, for a change. I have got a taste for it now and…
Read MoreAutumn Sketches
Great time of year to get out painting. The leaves have started to turn, but not yet too gaudy and overpowering. A bit of rain would be perfect to get the meadows and Fens flooded – but keep quiet I mentioned that. Got out yesterday first thing in the morning and at dusk. Quick sketch…
Read MoreCambridgeshire Plein Air
My excuse for not posting for a while is that, as well as getting out painting I have been organising exhibitions for the coming months. Went down to St Neots one recent Saturday morning, somewhere I had never considered painting before. The red brick in the painting looks very strong! Another place I tried was…
Read MoreRivers and Fens at Easter
Rather a windy and cold Easter but I have been out painting most of the time. The River Nene at Wadenhoe provides many subjects and I have come away with a dozen or so virtually completed paintings. Painting in dull weather forces a concentration on tones which is rewarding but surprisingly difficult. Getting distant trees…
Read MoreDecember Post – last one for 2016
Not posted any thing for a while as I have been rather busy with life and repairing an old MG that I use on my painting trips. I have also been very busy in the studio completing and framing twenty or so paintings from recent months. A gallery in Cambridge has started talking my work…
Read MoreReview of the last few weeks
Autumn is a great time of year for painting. but also a time to look back over the summer, review the successes and the not so good. Definitely widened my choice of subjects this year, and in the main gone for more adventurous compositions. Not many weeks ago I hiding from the sun at Battlesbridge…
Read MoreCatching Up from the Summer
Not posted for a while – been painting most days but been “pushing” myself regards both technique and subject matter and not happy to share efforts just yet. A few more standard offering below. I like the Earith one but would lie to repeat with less acidic viridian green. Pleased with the sky on the…
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