Friday, 30 August 2024

Plein air painting 97

Plein air painting 97

Hampshire Netley abbey ruins oil painting

The old ruins of Netley Abbey have caught the attention of artists over the centuries. It is a late medieval monastery, near the town of Netley, Hampshire. Situated very close to Southampton Water the ruins are a protected ancient monument, overseen by English Heritage. 
This was painted during a paint out day with the Southampton Urban Sketchers on the 13th May 2023. Its sized at 12" x 9.5" and done in oils on mounting board.


Thursday, 29 August 2024

Plein air painting 94b (Unfinished)

Plein air painting 94b (Unfinished)

unfinished painting of sailing boat at eling marina

Done on the same day as the previous post (13th April 2023) was this unfinished scene of one of the boats at Eling marina ( Hampshire), a few minutes walk from the previous location. Unfortunately the painting was abandoned due to a heavy downpour. It is sized at 9.5" x 8" and done in oils on mounting board.

Saturday, 10 August 2024

Head painting exercise - 'Anderson' 01

Head painting exercise - 'Anderson' set 01

oil paintings of Anderson scifi puppet characters

A collection of some puppet characters from the world of Gerry Anderson. The subjects are not the most famous character for each program, but still popular. The 'stars' are left for another time!
Each one painted in oils on cardboard sized at 12" x 9.5", during various points in 2023.
top left - Dr Venus (Fireball XL5), top right - Phones (Stingray), bottom left - Captain Black (Captain Scarlet), bottom right - Sam Loover (Joe 90).
Dr Venus (Fireball XL5)  - oil portrait

Phones (Stingray) - oil portrait

Captain Black (Captain Scarlet) - oil portrait


Sam Loover (Joe 90) - oil portrait