2020-04-01 21:01
I’m bringing updates here to a halt, since readership levels make it not worth my time to continue regular posts. I’ll update my main website when new work is completed, and an o… Read More
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Weekly blog by UK based artist working with oils, pastels and occasionally other media.
2020-03-22 19:29
Huge distractions with this wretched coronavirus, the biggest con-trick next to climate change. I had planned to get this coloured pencil drawing finished days ago, but so many disruptions… Read More
2020-03-11 18:28
I have been busy juggling images for both the Redbubble and FAA sites, as well as trying to get new paintings finished. A new pastel is now complete; and a watercolour. The watercolour was g… Read More
2020-03-01 07:00
It has been some years since I had any work tied up with a print-on-demand company. I have tended to avoid them, being a traditional image-maker as opposed to digital designer using graphics… Read More
2020-02-18 11:37
It is quite a long time since I used coloured pencils. My tin of Faber Castell colours has been sitting idle for over two years. It is certainly not a fast medium; this small drawing took me… Read More
2020-02-09 10:56
This latest picture has taken me some time; around 25 hours over the past two and a bit weeks. It has been made with both Carbothello and Conte pastel-pencils, with the occasional input from… Read More
2020-01-31 21:06
I have a particularly time-consuming pastel-pencil work on the go at the moment so most of my time is being spent on that. It will be rather different from my usual pastel work, although not… Read More
2020-01-22 09:00
I have been busy renewing my acquaintance with pencils and drawing in general. This has meant putting aside my usual tendency to hop about between pure experimenting and working on an actual… Read More
2020-01-13 11:00
This second week of January has been manic. So much so that I’ve had barely time to pick up a pencil, let alone do any drawing with it. So this post’s painting is a little more s… Read More
2020-01-05 11:19
Lighthouse, Portland Bill, EnglandShaking off the Christmas couch-potato syndrome is a little easier when working a small painting; it’s focused, doesn’t take too long to prepare… Read More
2019-12-29 12:56
“Start Point Lighthouse, Devon” line and wash 5×8 inchesLast year, I had planned to do more oils, but somehow very few worthy ones materialised. I get the strong feeling t… Read More
2019-12-19 10:55
First and foremost, a notification that my main static website will be having a face-lift very soon; before the end of this year and quite likely not long after this blog post has been activ… Read More
2019-12-10 13:42
I am not in a frame of mind for producing larger pastel pictures right now. With just a couple of weeks to go before Christmas I am running out of time to give to preparing sketches for new… Read More
2019-11-29 15:25
Continuing the small ACEO themes, using Hydrus watercolours and white gouache; this has long been a favourite view of the white lighthouse at The Rhins, Galloway. Painted on hot-pressed wate… Read More
2019-11-21 12:01
A small painting on spare mountcard, cut to ACEO size of 3.5 x 2.5 inches (I’ll leave you to convert that to centimetres). I did it primarily to find out whether it would work as a lar… Read More
2019-11-12 09:26
Really too busy for much painting these past two weeks. Strong gales have wrecked several garden structures, requiring much clearing-up, leaving little energy for quality production.
This… Read More
2019-10-30 20:39
Having now found a frame for my Marmalade Rudbeckias, I am sorting the framing for my other exhibition-intended pictures. In between that I have been working on another small-scale… Read More
2019-10-20 20:44
“Mitosis”: oils and oilbar on Arches Huile paper 12×9 inches (30x23cm)(The above is at https://original-art-under100.com/chrisd as of mid-October 2019. The previous post &l&hell…Read More
2019-10-08 09:58
I don’t use acrylic very often these days, having found it less effective for larger work than pastel….less effective for me personally, that is, according to how I work. Howeve… Read More
2019-09-27 19:47
This year’s garden rudbeckias unfortunately didn’t include the ones with chocolate brown markings….all the plants struggled in the chilly start to the year and failed to t… Read More
2019-09-10 18:23
Currently trying to get my larger recent pastel outdoors to photograph, but it’s now raining for a few days so will have to wait. Meanwhile, here’s a small sketch in pastel-penci… Read More
2019-08-30 20:14
Sometimes I find it difficult to decide whether to do a picture in pastels or oils. The only way round that is to do two separate pictures.
I have been in need of fresh subject matter for… Read More
2019-08-19 09:02
I’ve held off posting this one because it had been lined up for an exhibition and I still don’t know whether it has “got in” or not. However, with pouring rain preven… Read More
2019-08-05 09:53
“Onion head”: watermedia and pen on HP paper, 10×8″I finished this a couple of weeks ago, having started it in early June and then worked on it in short spells during… Read More
2019-07-26 20:14
The British weather continues to be sultry and stuffily hot; younger folk probably don’t mind but us old ‘uns find it a bit too much, specially around midday to mid-afternoon. I… Read More
2019-07-16 08:50
My work room has a small invasion of bees, so I have stopped any further oil painting for the time being. I’ve moved my pastels and some drawing materials to another room; with the int… Read More
2019-07-06 19:12
Gerbera: coloured ink on black inked paperI’m posting something from my hoard of old drawings and unfinished work. Every so often I pull out old pieces of card and paper that have been… Read More
2019-06-25 16:03
“Rain Is Coming”: oils on board 12×9 inchesJust managed to get this one dry in time to be photographed and up online before I get into busier schedules; next post will be d… Read More
2019-06-18 08:16
“Windblown”: oil on panel 12×10 inchesThe attempt to loosen up my oil-painting style has progressed a bit further, although a few pieces have fallen back to a degree of tig… Read More
2019-06-07 20:00
Anemones: pastel 19×13 inches approx.While my oil paintings are drying at various stages of completion, I return to pastels and divert my energy into making whatever improvements I can… Read More
2019-05-28 16:52
Killantringan Lighthouse, Galloway: oils, 12×9 inchesI’ve spent most of the past couple of weeks with the oil paints. One of my biggest personal hang-ups is in trying to be more… Read More
2019-05-19 11:14
Pastel work has been slow this year. I like to try and find some floral themes, but have been unable for some reason to settle on anything. Earlier this year (January) I completed “Cat… Read More
2019-05-09 15:52
Several weeks ago I started a larger oil painting, one of the biggest I have tackled for quite a long time….and even then, 20×16 inches isn’t exactly large by today’… Read More
2019-04-29 08:37
“Coast Clouds”: watercolour on gessoed paper.As we head towards May, I am thinking about the frequency of posts here. Since re-shaping the website, I have managed to post each we… Read More
2019-04-21 08:29
No way to properly schedule my post over the Easter holiday, so here it is, earlier than usual.
My new liking for Arches oil paper did well for me last year, but in January I used the wro… Read More
2019-04-15 10:37
Daffodils: watercolour on pastelmat card 14×10 inchesDaffodils present the painter with a few headaches, with regard to composition. They are tall plants, bearing their flowers right u… Read More
2019-04-07 16:34
(Posted Sunday afternoon instead of my usual Monday).
This past week I’ve managed to get quite a bit done, if not totally finished. Today’s picture has been in progress since… Read More
2019-04-01 06:23
These are mountains near Portmadoc, North Wales, seen not far from the Welsh Highland railway line. I had hoped to do the painting on some oil-paper but discovered I had run out, so had to g… Read More
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