So I've been producing portraits again, Finally.

As always with my blog, start from the bottom first for the order in which these are shown - I like it that way, and it just gives you something to do other than blandly sifting down a page!



The third of my portraiture pieces for this semester, this was done on loose canvas (around 4"x4") with a house paint base coat, ink subject and ink and charcoal surround. I do like this piece very much.



This crazy looking man is my friend Mike. I wanted to see what my house paint colours would do, so went a bit silly really with this one. It's still a decent representation of him, however in the end I seemed to be more focussed on colour than accuracy! Oh well. This is painted completely in house paints on an 8"x4" piece of loose canvas, this picture showing around 6"x3"6' of it.


The first of my portraiture pieces this semester, this is a painting of my friend Catherine. I had to alter her a little as her face is so soft I just couldn't entice any imperfections or features out of it! So it doesn't look like her completely, but then again, I love my artistic licence. This piece is done on an 8"x5" piece of loose canvas (around 6"x4" shown here) and is painted wholly in house paints.

Lol, I was on 'tv'.

My teacher came upto me, and asked did I want to be on 'tv', I was hesitant at first, for obvious reason but then he said it was to help out some other students on the film course, so I was delighted to. Anyway, they wanted me to paint a piece in under 20 minutes whilst actually on one of their shows, aswell as being interviewed and explaining to them the work that I was creating! Marvellous challenge, I had fun, and came out with this sort of background piece of which I find quite interesting actually.
This piece was fun to do, captured here lay down on a table. I do want to look into backgrounds possibly for the pieces I'm going to blog about next, so hopefully this is a push in the right direction. It's a house paint piece, around 4"x4" I'd say, on loose canvas (I find loose canvas easier to work with than on a stretcher, I don't like the space behind the canvas on a stretcher and I like the canvas to be able to do its own thing).

Selling work?! On a main high street?! Wow!

This is my work above the 'Warhol' and 'Hockney' lettering - AS IF they would associate me with them, I'm all too flattered! I was very surprised my work would end up on this wall, which as you may be able to see I took from outside through a window - it's on one of the main streets in Preston, 1000's of people pass it each day! So yes, this is me, being very happy that my work is up for sale, not only that, it's up for sale in the best place ever! Whether it sels or not, my work has been out there, and shall continue to be from now on I should think!