Coffee in The Barbican before seeing the Alice Neel Exhibition. A4 ink and coloured pencil.
Tag Archives: A4
The Red Teapot
My lovely daughter, pouring tea in Valencia. A4 gouache on board.
Shiver
In the limelight… A4 gouache on black canvas board. 3 April 2023
Selfie 1
A reluctant self-portrait A4 ink
Salutation Window
A5 gouache on board. 24 August 2022
Iris Apfel
Such an icon! A4 acrylic and collage on canvas board. March 2022
My Beloved
So… Chris asked for a portrait for his birthday. A tall order since it is impossible to capture the effortless elegance and wide, warm smile of my beautiful husband. Here he is, pictured with a glass “half full rather than half empty” (with bubbles), in his hallmark red T-shirt and next to his favourite flowers.Continue reading “My Beloved”
Hand
Close up on hands. A4 pencil. 30 January 2022
Reflections
This image of the One With the Ocean group, based in the US, appeared in The Guardian in November 2021 and I immediately wanted to have a go at rendering it myself. After posting on Instagram the group got in touch along with some of the people in the painting! I had a couple ofContinue reading “Reflections”
A Touch of Frost
I’m exploring the idea of landscape with different media. This time using pastel pencils. I’ve never found it easy to portray landscape with colour but the liquid amber tree in our garden is so gorgeous, I had to try.