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A most wonderful commute

Sep 26, 2023

A most wonderful commute

So it's coming up to a year of being self employed as a professional full time artist and I wanted to share my wonderful new commute to work.

A day in the life of an artist: Week 1

Oct 08, 2022

A day in the life of an artist: Week 1

Welcome to my new weekly blog posts documenting my first 100 days of being a full time artist. 

This is my first week and blimey time has flown! So what's happened?

The Light of 100 Days

May 26, 2021

The Light of 100 Days

In January 2021 lockdown was creating havoc with my schedule and I would find that I wouldn’t leave the house for 3-4 days and be constantly glued to my computer screen. I decided I needed another project which would give me some structure and this coincided with the start of the 100 day project which was running on Instagram.
The 100 day project

Feb 16, 2021

The 100 day project

So I am loving my new studio but with work commitments and generally feeling a bit meh about all this lockdown I found myself not leaving the house for 3-4 days at one point in January. So I decided to join the 100 day project this year and I am creating a little painting each day based on the weather and using a limited palette.
Bruised Sky - Latest in the God's Own series

Sep 24, 2020

Bruised Sky - Latest in the God's Own series

Lockdown for me meant very little painting... in fact almost no painting at all for 3 months. So when I eventually got round to thinking about doing something this painting literally fell out of my head!
Limiting your palette

Apr 12, 2020

Limiting your palette

With lockdown now in place you may have limited paint colours available. So why not try an exercise in limiting your palette?

I find it really helps to simplify things, to avoid overthinking. All you need to have is a white, a dark colour, warm colour and a cool colour and you are all set to go.