by Patrick | Jul 20, 2014 | art, drawing, Lifestyle, painting, pastels
Henry Miller wrote ‘To Paint is to Love Again’ (Cambria Book s published by William Webb in California in 1960). It is a book title that has engraved itself on my mind, and today looking at the progress in the studio I felt the first return of the joy I remember of...
by Patrick | Jul 13, 2014 | art, Lifestyle
We’ve been in Seaford for nearly a year now. We’ve achieved a great deal in that time, but we are still a long way off finishing. Best part so far is the building of the studio at the bottom of the garden which has set me up for painting again after about ten years....
by Patrick | Jul 5, 2014 | art, Environment
The garden is endlessly fascinating. Even as a student I painted images of a lawn. Now I am working on images of my own garden again. The studio is at the bottom of the garden so the walk down takes while as I stop to battle the convolvulus (bindweed) that seems to be...
by Patrick | Jun 15, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle
Going up to town from Seaford, where I live, is relatively easy, letting the train take the strain. There are only three direct trains a day though, and the last of these gets in to town at 10.00. As I often do now, I make my meetings mid-afternoon so I can pop into...
by Patrick | Jun 8, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle
Raindrops glistened in the grass after we had a thoroughly violent thunder and rain storm. I decided to draw outside with the oil pastel. The sun was hot enough to turn oil pastels soft and gooey – not a good choice of media to start with. I then compounded one error...
by Patrick | Jun 1, 2014 | art, drawing, Environment, pastels
Despite the sun it was a little chilly still (it was only the end of May after all) so I had the door to the studio closed. I was enjoying myself drawing away with Rodrigo’s ‘Concerto d’Aranjuez’ playing, when I heard this intemperate squawking. There on the post...
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