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Spent the last couple of days hiking in the Borders of England and Scotland, first in Lancashire where the Emperor Hadrian built his two thousand year old wall, walking past the quarries from whence the legions cut its stones and … Continue reading
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At Rosslyn
Having been held up in both Los Angeles and Heathrow airports, I’ve arrived in Edinburgh with our students and made a delightful trip to Rosslyn Chapel, where Christian symbolism runs riot in an extraordinary display of stone carving. Here allegory … Continue reading
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This is knot a water bottle (Ceci n’est pas une bouteille?)
I’ve been sketching a design for the traveler’s water bottle, doing this prep work not least because it’s partly covered by his jacket. It would be very difficult to render a partially covered interlace that felt right directly onto the … Continue reading
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Millais’ Ophelia
My student Cameron pointed out that the lush foliage in this painting reminds him of Millais’ Ophelia, which is exhibited at the Tate National in London. It’s a beautiful painting of the drowning of Hamlet’s lover, described in poetic detail … Continue reading
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Hella sunset
Looking through my files of photo reference materials I found this shot of the Stones of Steness, on Orkney, which brought back some great memories of midsummer sunset on the islands. I can use this as a source for the … Continue reading
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Fool
I’m posting a couple of pictures of the Fool from the Marseille and the Waite Rider decks so that I have a clear note of source material for the Traveling Man painting. I’ve always been fond of the Fool, who … Continue reading
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Fundamental truths
I got the right side wing done today, so both sides now have their third layer of paint. The layers are building increasingly substantial body to the wings that I can exploit later when I bring detail to individual feathers. … Continue reading
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Sky
Short on cobalt blue paint, I used pigment mixed with a little oil, then added walnut alkyd to produce the lovely rich colour seen here. There’s something very satisfying about making your own paint, but it takes a lot longer … Continue reading
Practice
I’m slowly making some progress with the painting, interspersed with helping Sam with a second wood-shop workbench for the little space next to the studio. Clearly the face was better before, so I’ll need to pay closer attention to it … Continue reading
Study
I’m learning about the popular emblem books of the renaissance, which I had never heard of until very recently. When printing became popular in the fifteenth century some of the earliest best-selling editions were books of moral lessons accompanied by … Continue reading
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