'Blue Porsche' - A recent Private Commission, painted in oils, size 42 x 30cm. Most of the paintings I've done of late have just involved the 5 basic colours. It is a method of panting that helps you understand the relationships between different shades and tones of colour.Because I had a limited time in which to produce this I used fast drying tube oil paints. This meant that the paint was dry enough to carry on after a few hours. I gave myself a 2 week window in which finish while working on other things.

The drawing transferred onto the prepared board from a photo reference by using trace-down method.

The car was masked off to prevent the detail from disappearing. There is a temptation, always to peak under the mask while painting the surrounding background, which I avoided doing. 

Once happy with the background detailing I moved onto the most difficult part, painting in the wheels. While at the same time starting on the passengers and windscreen.

The last part of the car was the bodywork itself. With adjustments here and there on the car.

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'THE NEXT STEP'
Due to the nature of Britain's political turmoil at present over BREXIT it's an apt title, the painting was named by a friend at another show when I presented it to show my friends the  finished painting, who had witnessed the beginning stages.

​The soldier depicted here is a Romano-British Auxiliary from the 5th Century AD, this was the period in Britain's history when the Roman Legions and Administration had returned back to the European continent after the Imperial edict was passed by   Horonius for Britain to 'Look to their defences', sound familiar?

This is the first oil painting I have worked on for over a decade!!!!
Started as part of my Living History display at Delapre Abbey in Northampton, UK in early July. Like my egg tempera work I also made the paints from scratch, using just Linseed oil and pigment. However, this time, as a challenge I only used 5 colours: Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine, Lamp Black and Zinc White.
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This painting started as a working example for the egg tempera medium, at a 'skill-swap day' with Tina Warren-https://www.facebook.com/Alphabition/  
using a trace drawing from the one day workshop I tutored back in July 2016 at the 
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