Self-Portrait in Oils, day 18

Moving the eyeball Today I dealt with a problem highlighted by my electronic check. I had filled in the wrong outline on the eyeball, thinking a patch of shade was the edge of the eye, not the underpart of the

Self-Portrait in Oils, day 17

Today, the towel had to be brought up to a decent level of completion. I went back through my notes and found that I had used viridian, a cool blue, and white on the far part, with a few warmer

Self-Portrait in Oils, day 16

Today’s work was the face once more. I had intended to get to the top layer of paint, but a few factors got in the way.

Girl with a Shiny Earring

For several months, I have been glazing a copy of a Vermeer painting, made famous by a film. I shall now expand that sentence. Glazing is putting on thin layers of paint, with a lot of carrier and comparatively little

Turtle, day 3

Today was a comparatively short day on the turtle – I did not have to add any details, and it was just coloured blocks. I went back to the original sketch, and found that I had one of the flippers

Spotlight On: Robjn

An occasional series in which I look at someone who has impressed me, while attempting not to patronise them A couple of days ago, I was introduced to @robjn as a twitter #FF. For those who do not know, there

Self-Portrait in Oils, day 14

At some point I was going to have to tackle the tiling. Today was the day. Tiles, in general, go on in straight lines, and the human eye-brain combo is good at checking that lines are straight. It is also