Bit of progress on this weeks Vermeer-ing

#art #oilpainting #painting #artsky #artist

Vermeer-ing on a Monday evening. Cos why not.

Early stages, tonal study shenanigans.

#art #artsky #vermeer #oilpainting #painting

Innit?!!

Omg. I was wondering the same thing! Always with the full stops (periods to you Americans) appearing everywhere. Wtf?!

FML it’s too early to be mansplained to about data pipelines. Yeeting Thursday into the sun. If it still exists. And yes, we’re still saying Yeet.
#data #nerd #donewiththisshit

It is so so important that you be both silly and furious right now when necessary

Beginning again…work in progress

Moved my little studio upstairs over Christmas to make room for the lovely decorations…but honestly it’s not working.

Having my creative space in the same room as my ‘this is destroying me’ professional life has resulted in me doing very little.

#art #artsky

Black text on white background. It's a screenshot of a social media post- my Facebook profile pic, me in front of the northern lights top left. Text reads "All I can say is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims- and as far as possible one must refuse to be on the side of the pestilence." Albert Camus, The Plague

A few years ago I read The Plague by Camus, during Covid, when it read like a straightforward narrative of plague. Of course for the 80 years before that everyone assumed it was a metaphor for fascism. And that works too. One must refuse to be on the side of the pestilence.

Brilliant book BTW.

A still life for my bestie’s new kitchen.

#art #artsky #stilllife #painting #oilpastel

Planning to have this made into Christmas cards to sell for my cycling clubs annual charity Candlelighters.

This one is special…it’s in memory of my best friends son Shaunie who we lost to cancer 9 years ago.

#art #artsky #oilpainting #painting #cycling #roadcycling #christmas

Enjoyed this bit of portrait practice…and she’s going to my Mother in Law 🥰 #art #artist #artsky #marilynmonroe #oilpainting

Feeling strangely drawn to painting my hometown…

#hartlepool #england #seaside #oilpainting #artsky #northernlandscape #seascape #nocturne #painting

Moving into oil paints for the first time…the house stinks. I’m probably high most of the time on solvent fumes (yes I’ve got a well ventilated studio!)

Anyway, thought I’d learn through (very poor) imitation. #art #artsky #oilpainting #portraitpainting

Quick and messy pastel portrait. Turning to bright colours to cheer up this grey and wet Saturday afternoon.

#art #artsky #portraitpainting #pastelpainting

Been a bit Bluesky quiet recently, but here’s a new one, just finished. #art #painting #acrylicpainting #artsky #portrait #portraitpainting

Jumped at the chance to have Ms Loren sit for me again. She’s always welcome in my studio 😉🥰

Drawn for my Mother in Law to add to the collection.

#charcoaldrawing #art #sophialoren #vintage #vintageaesthetic #artsky

‘Littlemoor, summer storm.’

Pretty happy that I came back to this and sorted out the sky.

#art #acrylicpainting #landscapepaintings #summer #stormysky #bradford #westyorkshire #bradford25

Oggie the Doggie in pastel. Cutie.

#beagle #dog #pastelpainting #art #artsky #animalart

COW!

#pastelpainting #cow #cowsky #art #springtime

Happened to be listening to Elvis Costello while I was finishing this one…

‘A good year for the roses’

#charcoalart #charcoaldrawing #gothicasthetic #gothicart #art #art

In progress, to demonstrate stages.

Something just for the fun of it…and it’s one of those that just takes shape so quickly…first 20 minutes done. The detail will take the time…I’ve never drawn roses before 😂

#art #artinprogress #artprocesses #charcoaldrawing

Elephant…done.

#charcoaldrawing #art #artsky

Done. My first acrylic painting. That was a learning experience for sure!

‘Shibden Sunshine’ - looking up to Black Dyke Mill in Queensbury, West Yorkshire (home!)

#acrylicpainting #art #painting #landscapepaintings #landscapepainter #bradford #bradford25 #westyorkshire

Finito.

‘Black Dyke Mill. But Blue’

Enjoyed working with blues and greens on this one, and love the bright summer feel of it.

#art #pasteldrawing #pastelpainting #bradford #bradford25 #westyorkshire #industrialheritage #mill #blackdykemill #queensburyvillage

Round 2, which involved splodging a bit more greenery than was strictly necessary to fix a collosal screw up. Think I got away with it…

3rd and final round tomorrow.

#art #pastelpainting #queensbury #queensburyvillage #bradford #bradford25

Having a jolly old time playing with colour with a subject that’s close to home - Black Dyke Mill.

Work in progress.

#pastelpainting #art #bradford25 #queensbury #queensburyvillage #colour #sunshine #industrialheritage #artsky

Finished. ‘Trouble at t’ Mill’

Black Dyke Mill, Queensbury, West Yorkshire and a stormy sunset.

#pastelpainting #charcoaldrawing #art #artsky #yorkshire

‘Trouble at t’mill’

A work in progress, inspired by the sunset earlier this week over the Black Dyke Mill in Queensbury (my home).

#pastelpainting #charcoaldrawing #art #artsky #yorkshire #bradford25 #bradford #westyorkshire

Bestest Void Boi Parnsip.

#charcoaldrawing #art #artsky #cat #catsky