Plein air painting 20

St Mary's church, in the St Mary's area of Southampton City is the subject of this plein air artwork. It was built in 1884 and partly rebuilt in 1954 due to war damage. The painting is 11.5" x 9.5"  and painted on supermarket cardboard, during June 2021.

 Painting faces exercise 03 Zorn palette

The panel above shows three further small portraits done from photos taken off the internet. Each one is done on paper sized at 10” x 8” and painted in oils. The exercise is to paint the face using the 'Zorn' colour palette that consists of 4 colours. This limited palette was discovered by an artist called Anders Zorn who found that these colours could be used to create a portrait or figurative subjects well. Some interiors can also work. However it is not a good system to use for landscapes as blues and greens do not exist within the palette.

Ancient alien astronaut with damaged space craft - digital illustration

Completed digital sci fi space wreck illustration.

This scifi illustration shows a scene featuring a damaged space ship floating with its long dead alien pilot nearby, attached with a tether. It is now a skeleton after the tentacled, flesh sucking creatures living in the area, have removed it.

The image was created digitally using 'Auto Sketchbook pro' during early May 2021, with final touches carried out in Photoshop, and can be seen in detail on this exterior link.

 

Working on closeup 85

A small snippet of a horse subject based painting...

 Plein air painting 19

A boat moored at Shamrock Quay, Southampton on the River Itchen. In the distance can be seen the Itchen Toll bridge, opened in 1977. Painted in June 2021 during one afternoon, in oils on mounting board, sized at 11.5" x 9.5".

 still life painting 01

A pearl lightbulb. It has a bayonet filling and is a normal sized (GLS)example. At the time this was painted most shops did not offer these for sale. The painting is done in oils painted during June 2021. It is sized at 12" x 9.5" and painted on cardboard from a supermarket, primed to take oil paint.

 still life painting 07

Collection of stainless steel cutlery. Painted in oil during June 2021 this artwork is done on cardboard sized at 10" x 9", and painted from life one afternoon.

 Painting faces exercise 02 Zorn palette

'Zorn' palette painting exercise

A further collection of painted faces. They are taken off the internet and I do not know who they are. Each one is painted in oils on primed paper sized at 10" x 8", and painted using the 'wet into wet' technique meaning that the paint is not allowed to dry, but the artwork is done in the one sitting. The faces are not drawn using a pencil but sketched in using paint.
Four tubes of paints are used in this exercise (yellow ochre, ivory black, Cadmium red and titanium white) using a palette known as the 'Zorn' palette, created by Anders Zorn, an artist who lived between 1860-1920.