Life Painting
I’ve recently started doing life drawing again after a break of about 25 years, I find its a great way to improve your observational skills :) The other night I decided to put my pastels away and have a go at some speed painting instead, if you have never done this its a great exercise as it forces you to make every mark count! and for a 50 minute pose I’m quite pleased with the results, I’m definitely going to try doing more of these!

Portrait by Erin Emily Robinson
I’ve recently completed a portrait swap with a lovely artist from Canada called Erin Emily Robinson, the picture above is the beautiful portrait she did of me in pastels. Its quite an experience seeing yourself portrayed by another artist, and portrait

Golden Section Software
Like a lot of artists I’ve found myself exploring the ‘Golden Ratio’ or ‘Divine Ratio’ as its also sometimes known, a geometric formula that’s supposed to be found in everything from simple plants to spiral galaxies - even the human body can be broken down using the golden section.The formula is a very useful tool for artists in composing paintings and drawings - in fact Artists and Architects have been using the golden section as a guide since the time of the Ancient Greeks.In order to make the process of testing out compositions using the Divine Ratio easier I decided to write a small piece of software to

Golden Triangles
I’ve been experimenting with compositional tools just lately, especially ones relating to the ‘Golden Mean’ a system for creating perfect proportions that has been around since the Ancient Greeks. A lot of artists will probably be familiar with the Golden Mean

New Website
  Its taken nearly 3 weeks of development, but my new website is finally finished and fully operational here: My New Website  I now have an online shop where you can buy prints of my work, and anyone wanting to attend my courses can now book