Exhibition layout I'm trying to decide between having five paintings on the main wall, and three with the other two (if they are finished) on the wall on the left hand side. It really depends if I finish them or not, but here are my hanging ideas: It makes more sense...

I only had a couple of days in the studio this week, so I worked on my main three paintings, but I also started another two, one a(nother) repaint of I dreamed of a golden child, and the other a bookend to it, the inverse, the figure at the end when the children have...

Painting I'm using predominantly blues for this reinterpretation, contrasting with the yellow light at the top of the image and providing more depth and contrast. I need to make sure the depth is properly rendered in this image and that it still remains harmonious...

Time to get started on the final exhibition. I am allowed back to the studio, so I came in and prepped some canvases, I'm thinking of doing two additonal square canvases to add to 'The Judging'. For the painting of the mothers in the field I taped the division of the...

I spent some time making 'scenery' from paper mache and fabric for my 'yellow pregnant ladies' painting. I will need this as reference so I can paint the hills convincingly. I also attempted to make a figure, just so I have a reference for shadow and light if I need...

With the Spring exhibition over, it's time to concentrate on the Final exhibition. I know that I want my painting 'The Judging' to be included, and I know that I would like to make this into some kind of series to include the yellow image of the pregnant ladies in a...

As we're in lockdown still our Spring exhibition has been held online. The group named the exhibition 7039mi as 7039 miles is the physical distance between us all, some having gone home to work due to COVID. We decided that a map interface would highlight the distance...

It seems a bit meta to be documenting my documentation but that's what I've spent the majority of the week doing. It turns out to be far trickier than it seems to photograph a painting in good light and to video it with a steady hand. All good work that will count...

I want to try out some approaches for supplementary work to my paintings, so I have been trying some freer pastel sketching. It may also be good to try to use this to inform my paint technique. I still want to try some more developed paper collage drawings, wither...