Grandads work

two paintings by my grandfather, wish i could paint like him. one day maybe!

Spanish Street

Just a simply painted watercolour this time, trying to paint everything in as little detail as possible, whilst also capturing the scene accurately. The paintings about 20x16 inches in size on Saunders 300gsm watercolour paper.

Oil Pastels

Here are three oil pastel pieces that i completed a small while ago. Two are from Altea - in Spain, whilst the third is just a tree i used to climb as a kid in Dorset.

Grandad

Haven't updated in while, it seems i get into "bursts" of posting, where i share a lot of stuff in a relatively small amount of time.

Anyway, as part of my AS art project last year i did a number of paintings of my grandad that i've dug up, and thought i would share two of them with you.

pearl clouds

this is a painting i made of a beach, somewhere in brighton i think. My grandfathers close friend Gordon took a photo of the scene that i worked from, the same man that i have previously done a portrait of.

an old walk

this is a painting of again dorset, an old walk that i used to take as a child with my family. In this painting i tried to capture a style that my grandad used to use as an artist, using bold, evocative colours rather than dull, even perhaps real, ones.

towards a sunset

This is quite a personal portrait of mine, and is my first practice in oils which i am now very fond of (compared to acrylics i prefer the consistancy, and general feel- however they are quite messy). The figure is my grandad, walking towards his sunset.