I recently had this folding easel built by Jeff Lacey at Easels Galore in Victoria, this is the Horizontal to Vertical Fully Folding model, made from Spotted Gum. I’ve only had it a short while now, but already it’s clear this is an easel that should last quite a long time. As you can see, [...]
Here’s an oil painting study of a Vespa model finished yesterday. Though there’s a lot in it that fell short of my intentions, this is the first study in a while where I’ve had some great AHA! moments and learned more about edges, colour mixing, brushwork and values, so in that sense I feel it [...]
OK! I’m back now from a 6 month job in Sydney (Well, have been for a month now), and it’s time to get this blog up and going again. First up, I’ve started a thread at the SketchCrawl forums here for Brisbane on the 10th January 2009 as part of the 21st SketchCrawl. Anyone local [...]