More on Sketching & Photography

‘Telly Fans 1’ Sanguine A5 sketchbook double-spread © the artist NFS ‘Telly Fans 2’ Sanguine A5 sketchbook double-spread © the artist NFS sketching & photography An ex-student wrote to me recently, with these kind & interesting comments : “….I really loved –and was inspired by–seeing the drawings you’ve been doing of your children (and the…

Reference Photos for Plein-Air Painters 1 – Gerhard Richter’s Photo Atlas

‘Sechoir à Tabac 3 – Crépuscule’ (Tobacco Drying Barn 3 – Twilight) Oil on Canvas 38 x 46cm (approx 15 x 19 inches). © The Artist. Available – email me Some photos of this huge, magnificent tobacco drying barn. My Reference Photos of ‘Sechoir à Tabac’   Wish there was a person by the door…

Plein-Air Painting Materials 3 : The Hang-Up Brush Caddy

I went online to visit Judsons Art Outfitters – Home of Pochade Boxes and Plein Air Supplies since 1987, as it’s always interesting to see what’s happening ‘the other side of the water’. A fair few of the students who come to my Chateaux Painting Holidays, France come from the States, so over the years,…

Lily 13-01-09

‘Lily – 13/01/09’ graphite A5 sketchbook © The Artist. NFS Such a brave two year old, just getting over a serious bout of gastro-enteritius. Hospitalised but now getting better.

Sunset 3 Jan – Plein-Air Paintings of the Sun by Monet, Turner & Levitan

Sunset 3 Jan 2009 Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © The Artist. Painting of the winter sun hanging a in clear sky Sometimes the sun is a round ball in the sky, shining weakly, pale against a smokey sky. Other times it’s too bright to look at, blindingly…

Painting Holidays in Dordogne & Provence, France 2025
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