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Landscapes Manchester

I have been experimenting with different approaches to painting cityscapes over the past week.  All the paintings are A4 size which is roughly 12″ X 8″.

Seven Oaks Pub, Nicholas St, Manchester.The-Seven-Oaks-Cityscape- landscapes Manchester

Corner of Thomas St and Tibb St, Manchester.Thomas-St-Tibb-St-web

Corner of Nicholas St and St James St, Manchester.china-town-web-size

Arwright House, St Mary’sParsonage, Manchester.Arkwrighte-House-web

Hope St, Mill, Manchester.Hulme-Hall-Rd-Mill web

Corner of Nicholas St and St James St, Manchester.Nicholas-St-St-James-St-web

More Portraits

Here are some more portraits from the last two weeks.

26th Free Portrait

Below is the 26th free portrait of Gill. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 8th July between 10-2 pm.

Gil-web sky portrait artist of the year

25th Free Portrait

Below is the 25th free portrait of Valeria. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 4th July between 11-3 pm.

Laura sky arts Louis Smith Art

24th Free Portrait

Below is the 24th free portrait of Valeria. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 3rd July between 10-2 pm.

Valeria sky arts louis smith

23rd Free Portrait

Below is the 23rd free portrait of Marc. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 2st July between 10-2 pm.

Mark-the-builder-web sky arts

22nd Free Portrait

Below is the 22nd free portrait of Peter. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 1st July between 1-5 pm.

Peter-web classical realism sky portrait artist of the year 2014

 

Limited Palette

Limited palette using Windsor and Newton, Indian red, yellow ochre, titanium white and mars black. I used the limited palette on the top two portraits, its surprising how much colour you can stretch out of such muted colour. The colours are also more harmonious giving them a quitter feel.

20th Free Portrait

Below is the 20th free portrait of Jacek. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 26th June between 9-5 pm.

Jacek alla prima louis smith

19th Free Portrait

Below is the 19th free portrait of Jamie. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 25th June between 12-4 pm.

Jamie-web portraits wet on wet

18th Free Portrait

Below is the 18th free portrait of Kerri. The portrait was painted in 4 hours on the 19th June between 10-2 pm.

Kerri-web portrait painting

Students work Advanced Classical Realism Course

Here are some portrait drawings from the first Advanced Classical Realism Course.  It was the first time the students have worked on a long pose from life.  They did a good job considering it was their first time and had no prior experience.

The pose lasted 6 weeks which was a bit too long for some people. Next time the course will either be broken down into 2 x 3 week poses or drawing exercises for one half of each class and the sitter posing for the other half.

Kenneth by mark

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Artists and Illustrators July 2014

In this months article for Artists and Illustrators I discuss the steps of producing a Bistre underpainting. Bistre is known as the “wipe-out method”. A brown glaze is painted over a white canvas or board and then ‘wiped out’ to create the highlights. The shadows are built up using opaque paint and the half-tones are applied with a little colour on the brush allowing the warmth of the brown to show through the translucent glaze.

Artists and Illustrators July 2014