by Chris | Apr 7, 2013 | Creative Projects
Creating a what? A Japanese album is sometimes known as an ‘accordion’ album, as the pages are joined zigzagging continuously throughout the book. This means that the whole album can be folded outwards to form one long strip of paper. Moleskine make them...
by Chris | Aug 10, 2012 | Paintings of Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford is an irresistible subject for me. One of the finest buildings in the world, and a challenging perspective to attempt freehand. This angle is from Catte Street, and shows the church of St Mary the Virgin behind. I have tried to leave the...
by Chris | Jun 26, 2012 | Paintings of Italy
I promised myself this year that I would submit some paintings into public exhibitions, not just my own. This was partly to make myself try to paint to a higher standard, or at least try harder! So I painted this view of St.Mark’s Square and entered it for the...
by Chris | Jun 15, 2012 | Paintings of Italy
I wanted to paint something really bright and sunny again this week as our summer is a long time coming. So I’ve revisited an old favourite haunt in Venice, the square dominated by the Church of Saint Barnabas, which has found fame in popular culture by being...
by Chris | May 28, 2012 | Watercolour Paintings
Fishing Boats at St. Ives, Cornwall With all the beautiful sunny weather this week I just wanted to paint something really sunny and summery. Looking through an old sketch book I found a pen and ink drawing of some boats from when we were on holiday as a...
by Chris | Apr 19, 2012 | Paintings of London
The Shard nearly finished, April 2012 Yes the painting is nearly finished, but it was the subject I was referring to, known as The Shard. This is the most exciting architectural accomplishment of the decade in the City of London, and now the tallest building in...
by Chris | Mar 28, 2012 | Chedworth Roman Villa, Cotswold Paintings, Creative Projects
When a letter came through my door last Autumn inviting me to consider painting a wall in one of the most important Roman Villas in the country I was somewhat taken aback. What did I know about Roman Wall Painting? A major transformation project has been carried out...
by Chris | Jul 23, 2011 | Architectural Illustrations
OK so it’s a factory! But it’s a commission from a company who wanted a couple of paintings of their holding centres for a new showroom/lobby. So how to make a painting from an unpromising photograph? I enjoyed depicting the smartness of the building front to the...
by Chris | Apr 13, 2011 | Cotswold Paintings
Last Friday was the most beautiful warm and sunny Spring day so I packed up my paints to seek pastures new, and do some painting ‘en plein air’. I had not been down the Duntisbourne valley before (just west of Cirencester) but with daffodils lining the lanes it was...
by Chris | Apr 13, 2011 | Watercolour Paintings
Why do I like Malmesbury so much? The Abbey surely has much to do with it. I sang there with my choir (Wessex Male Choir) last year, and the atmosphere and acoustics were lovely. But in Spring weather such as we have had recently I decided to ‘get around’ to painting...
