It’s the beginning of a long bank holiday weekend and that’s cause of jubilation! Straight to my painting room and into some old painty clothes and this is what I came up with just now. Wax and ink (beautiful inks from the V&A Museum shop) make a magical combination, and something closer to the look of what an iPhone can do.
INK + WAX
I’ve been sick. iPhone painting is perfect when propped on cushions in bed. No paint, no mess, very speedy. Here is a quick sketch done on the Brushes app of a man in a sort of ‘funnel neck’ jacket.
digital pencil sketch
Zooming in to a close-up of a corner of a picture, just like zooming in to a close-up of someone’s face, produces surprisingly powerful results. In this case, when you zoom in you see the light hearted details in a sombre picture (posted below).
friendly little details hidden in the background
This is to give a little idea, to those who may be basking in southern climes, of what the weather is like in London this August. Now we know why the British are famous for a stoic ‘stiff upper lip’. It’s a detail of a picture I’m doing in oils. I’m experimenting with pigments- the yellow is made with the stamens from a bunch of lilies.
The British Weather - High Summer
