by Chris | Aug 19, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
I’ve been meaning to produce a painting from a sketch of Assisi I did in May. But where to start? The photo I took at the time was very flat and colourless as it was raining most of the day! However the view was lovely and in my minds eye I could see it in early...
by Chris | Aug 16, 2010 | Watercolour Paintings
Judy Adamson’s Art and Design blog: Guest Post by Chris Fothergill – On the Back of an…: “I’m sure many of our readers will be able to identify with today’s guest post by Chris Fothergill – I certainly can and frequently...
by Chris | Aug 7, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
There are many reasons that compel people to travel. For some it is pleasure, or a holiday; for others it is business. Young persons will spread their wings on gap years; older parents will visit their offspring who have started families abroad. I love to travel to...
by Chris | Jul 19, 2010 | Paintings of Italy
Yes I know it’s a mouthful as a title, but it explains why this painting looks blustery, wet and cool! I remember going for a run before breakfast on one trip to Venice, in March. It was damp and mouldy, but quite atmospheric. I painted this view in acrylics on...
by Chris | Jul 6, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
I was in London a week or two ago, seeking inspiration for painting. It must have been the only day for weeks that was NOT sunny! But still there is something about drawing directly from life in cities that I love to do. These are three of the sketches I came up with,...
by Chris | Jun 22, 2010 | Paintings of Italy
OK, the title is a bit long, but along the cobbled and ancient backstreets of these hilltowns, this is just the sort of thing you see on a corner, and I like the absurdity of these little vans as they cheerfully bob up and down the streets……… I want...
by Chris | Jun 7, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
From ‘Impressions of the Cities of Umbria’ In the city of Orvieto, Southern Umbria, Italy I had to admit I was lost. The twelve sided tower of Sant’ Andrea was what I was looking for, and although I had been there earlier in the day, the light had been against me. Now...
by Chris | Jun 3, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
Writing this back at Perugia Farmhouse in early evening, sitting on a chair in bright sunshine overlooking a magnificent hilltop view across Perugia and the hills. Awoke this morning to a clear blue sky, and a warmth that was to last the day. I decided to return to...
by Chris | Jun 3, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
With only one week’s sojurn in the Umbrian landscape I have been necessarily selective in the places to which I have been. EH went on to Cita della Pieve (for the sake of Perugio, his birthplace), Foligno, Montefalco, Fabriano, and even Urbino, which now I now longer...
by Chris | Jun 2, 2010 | Sketchbook Musings
Promising morning, and wind my way across country to Orvieto, but on reaching the outskirts a moment’s inattention causes me to be swept on the toll paying Autostrada from Rome to Florence! After 23 kilometres of drumming my fingers on the steering wheel I come off at...
