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Category Archives: Other people’s work
Addressing the fabric
I’ve built the structure of the plaits in the centre girl’s dress, which I think is reminiscent of the beautiful work Burne-Jones did in his The Golden Stairs, completed in 1880. Looking at all the Pre-Raphaelite books has had an effect on … Continue reading
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Fabric
Working on the dresses was initially a matter that caused me a little worry, but I quickly found myself enjoying creating folds and shadows in the fabric that makes up the first drapery in the painting. I want clothing that … Continue reading
Foundations
My withdrawal symptoms have abated, having received four tubes of Foundation white from Steve at Continental, and I’ve put down a layer of dense white over the entire bottom half of the painting, which means that all I need to … Continue reading
Unity of Purpose
Sometimes we meet people whose understanding of the world so reflects our own that there is an immediate sense of brotherhood, with a shared unity of purpose that makes us feel stronger by association. Meeting yesterday with Tony Pro, Novorealist Alexey … Continue reading
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Fifth Head and a Visit to Hockney’s Studio
In the studio the last of the heads is roughed in, leaving me free to get onto the figures and the background. I’m beginning to feel more comfortable with a shape for the space they’re in, inspired in part by … Continue reading
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Faux Marble and a Couple of Girls
I’ve continued with the marble, adding a soft glaze of Iron Oxide Red around the breaks between the slabs, ragging off and lining the cracks, letting the rusty colour dry, then re-lining the cracks with Raw Sienna, softening the line … Continue reading
Whiteout
The base white is down on the lower half of the Virtues painting, beginning the work in earnest. The gesture of the brush marks follows the contour of the wall and the slabs of marble that will be on the … Continue reading
Folds and marble
I’ve been looking for sources for the two paintings, particularly the stonework of the foreground of the Virtues and the fabric of the dresses that will feature in it and the Empress. I’m very interested in Alma-Tadema’s work with marble … Continue reading
Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Love and the Maiden (detail). Here’s a detail of a fabulous example of late Victorian painting. She’s fantastic, isn’t she? I found her quite by accident at the Legion of Honor Gallery in San Francisco’s Golden … Continue reading
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Pre-Raphaelites to visit California
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England has announced that it is putting together an exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. This isn’t particularly earth-shattering news in itself, but their plan is to bring the show to San Francisco, which is … Continue reading
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