15th Painting

In my studio work I often begin a painting upside down in order to get angles and areas of colour filled in rather than trying to make a painting from the outset. Trying it out on a 'tenminuter'. Added complication, the original was a very blurred, closeup image of a J.W.Waterhouse painting.

14th Painting

Quite strange looking character today. Got nothing to say about it.

13th Painting

Looking for images has made me question what impact I'm looking for in the work. It seems a bit of a waste to be be putting so much disciplined energy into this blog without giving more thought to what might be added by choosing a more thoughtful image. Sooo, next week I will choose all the images from Saturday's Guardian, (it's the only paper I buy) and hopefully put some small comment why the image was in the paper.

12th painting

In an attempt to cover the paper with paint and create a 'finished' painting, areas of the work feel frustratingly rough. The original image offered a face which would have been good to spend some time discovering. Maybe I need to stop 'blanketing' the paper and start leaving areas open to interpretation.

11th Painting

Third week of uploading a daily image and it's been quite a start to the week. As I'm in my fourth and final year at university there's lots of deadlines to meet and even a 10 minute painting feels like an added achievement. This one has quite a bizarre look to it. The image I used to work from was a fashion image where the girl had a big black plastic bag over her head.

10th Painting

I've come to the end of my second week, so 10 paintings so far. What have I learnt! 1. Decent paint brushes needed. (Bought some, expensive but worth it.) 2. Have the paint already mixed. This means having a good look at the image before starting out on it. 3.Have some background context.It makes the work look more interesting. 4. A good initial image is paramount although what turns out well is sometimes a bit of a shock.
Looking forward to next week. Will there be a plan?

9th Painting

The shadows on this face are a little disconcerting but in fact in the original photographic image they were even darker. It has a slightly cartoon look about it. Discovering every paint-mark has to be relevant and mistakes are difficult to amend in such a tight time frame.