Sketch

This a painting on canvas to help me start to work out the final colours and texture and the order I need to apply the layers of paint. This has lovely reds but not enough deep bluey purpley. More fun with colour tomorrow.

Swatches

What great colours, and the wall that painting is going to be hung on will be red too. I really enjoy painting red paintings especially if there is orange and purple in there too. Can't wait!

Digital Sketch

This is a sketch done on my iPod to have a look at some colours together, based on some lovely swatches I got last week.

Oakwood, Oak Leaf Drawing

I am very,very,very excited to open this little blog with this drawing. I have chosen this one out of 200 drawings by the pupils at Oakwood to be the inspiration and starting point for a huge group painting I am making with the staff and pupils at Oakwood primary school for their new school in Cheltenham. I will now make this into a 2 metre by 1 metre painting. Then I will cut it up into 300 pieces for everyone to add their paintings before I put it all back together to reveal the huge oak leaf again.