Richmond Park deer wip

Whilst I'm waiting for my waterlily to dry, I have started a small A4 painting in gouche and pastel pencil. I'm so lucky to have Richmond Park just 10 minutes walk from my house, the diversity of the wildlife that lives there is a never-ending source of material for paintings. This one is coming together fairly quick, so I hope to have it almost done by tomorrow, by which time hopefully I can get back to my waterlily.

Reflections

Not a very inspired title, I've been working further into this painting today, I think I prefer the reflection to the actual flower at the moment, I need to get more contasts into it's petals.
I finally got myself into town this weekend to see the BP Portraits Exhibition, some fantastic work very inspiring.

Tropical waterlilies at Kew

I think the top one is almost there, I will leave it on the shelf to tweak. I'm now waiting for the bottom to dry so I can start to work in some more refined details. I spent some time playing with colours and tones yesterday. I want to capture light in the colours, the waterlily house is such a beautifully lit place. I'm trying to achieve the lights without using pure white, so to let the luminousity of the colours give the impression of the light.

All things watery

My day today has been very much centred around water. The depiction of it in my work, and in my day. I had a mini flood in my house due to a dodgy pipe. A plumber was trying to fix a small leak in the bathroom, which then turned into deluge that came through my kitchen ceiling, pouring through my extractor hood. Just hope the electrics have survived the soaking. 

This painting is proving to be another challenge, however I think I've finally got a feel for where I want to take it.

Reflections in Helkidiki

I've got to wait for my two mini canvases to dry before I can work further into them. The Summer has passed and it means that the drying time of the oil paints take longer, so I've started to sketch my next painting out. It's based on some photos taken in a fishing village in Helkidiki, Greece. This one is a bigger sized canvas,14 x 18in. 

The boys are back in school

Back to the old routine. Spent a little time today experimenting with my colours for this flower, the petals have a reflective quality, that give them such subtlety and a delicate appearence. The centre of the flower is submerged into the water, and the petals are covered in water droplets, which the most amazing reflections. Now all I have to do is paint them!

Waterliles wip

My studio is lovely, clutter free without all my paintings which are in Southfields, London for 2 weeks. I made a start on these two canvases today, 10 x 10in. Lots of gorgeous details to play with such as water droplets, ripples and reflections.