andy’s art blog

Starting to get the hang of edges… landscapes will be the real test though.

This was probably the most comfortable I’ve felt painting with oils so far, just focused and enjoying the challenge. I’m happy with the drawing, and I think the texture in the skirt ruffles works quite well. Doing these Degas studies has me itching to do some wax sculptures of my own; yet another medium to […]

I really enjoyed this one, mainly because Degas’ sculptures are just so brilliant to look at and study. I love the exuberance and joyousness in them; loose but still completely controlled and articulate.
Using just four colours - ivory black, titanium white, cad red and yellow ochre helped a lot… apparently Zorn used this limited palette […]

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 […]