by Chris | Mar 17, 2011 | Watercolour Paintings
This is an unusual subject for me – a bridge on Exmoor, (but do you know which one?) It’s a famous one, and very old. I was commissioned to paint this as a birthday present for someone. I used burnt sienna as a base wash behind much of it which gives it the reddish...
by Chris | Feb 21, 2011 | Paintings of Oxford
I return to Oxford again and again to paint as I love architectural subjects, and Oxford contains some of the finest buildings in the world. I’m not sure this painting is completely finished yet, but with watercolour it’s usually best to stop while you’re winning, and...
by Chris | Feb 9, 2011 | Cotswold Paintings
Wishful thinking whilst we’re still in February, but I just painted this one for the cover of my ‘Cotswolds in Watercolour 2012’ Calendar, which needs to be printed soon, to be in the shops by Easter. I’ve painted this view a number of times before, but each time it...
by Chris | Jan 19, 2011 | Paintings of Oxford
It’s usually sunny in my paintings, but here there are people with umbrellas, and the mood is restrained and a little damp! I found a line drawing of this view in a drawer, which I drew many years ago, and realised that I never actually turned it into a painting. I...
by Chris | Jan 18, 2011 | Cotswold Snowscenes
The recent snow has inspired me to paint a number of snowscenes, and in this depiction of the Almshouses in Chipping Campden, I am revisiting a scene I have painted before. This is partly to contribute to an ‘Artist’s Guide to the Cotswolds’ on which I am working, and...
by Chris | Dec 14, 2010 | Cotswold Snowscenes
Eh? I hear you say, wait a minute, the left hand side of the painting is recognisable, but what is that building on the right? In fact the picture above is a painting by Chris Fothergill, but a very close copy of an ink and watercolour painting of the Market Place by...
by Chris | Dec 7, 2010 | Cotswold Snowscenes
Arlington Row, Bibury in the snow. I love painting snow, it’s so rewarding and pretty! But only from the comfort and warmth of my studio. Actually I did stand and do an drawing of the Bibury picture on the spot, but half an hour is enough. I have tried painting in the...
by Chris | Nov 25, 2010 | Cotswold Snowscenes
(This painting is a copy by me, in acrylic paints on canvas) Which is in fact ‘The Green, Northleach’ featuring Tudor House, home to Fothergills Gallery for 15 years from 1994 to 2010, to the left hand side of the painting! This painting by Lowry came to light...
by Chris | Sep 15, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
Yikes! My solo annual exhibition of paintings in the Westwoods Centre Northleach is only three weeks away! How did that happen? Will I pull it all together in time? I always get pre-exhibition nerves at this point, as it feels as though my soul will be on display to...
