Exaggerating colour to achieve luminosity

I consider myself a tonalist painter , but have been exaggerating colour
in order to convey the effect of bright sunlight.

This painting was done completely from life and from my colour
sketch posted a few weeks back.It measures 28 x 20 inches.

A simple study

Less is more , how simple can one take it ?
Something for me to mull over .

portrait of Edmund 30 x 28 "

This is the latest stage of my commission of Edmund after tweaking with the background a
little more. I was concerned in finding interesting shapes in the composition so it worked as an abstract design.

back door study

Recently , I have been painting directly from life a great deal.
I enjoy it far more than from photographs . It is much easier to
see subtle colours and tones with your own eyes.

I have completed this sketch , I say sketch , as it was completed in two
separate days about an hour each. The light changes so quickly so I had to do
it like that.

I have had this painting in mind for 2 years, it is our back door to the garden.

The painting is about 12 x 9 inches.

2.5 hour study from life.

workshop

Really enjoyed my workshop , great group of artists , exhausting on both sides .
Iennie the model having very white vest marks !

Gilda

Back to Hog's hair,thicker paint, but with some mongoose for the thinner darker values. Looks more like my usual style !

Rebecca 16 x 12

After seeing some great work from an excellent crop of contemporary American artists I tried a different approach.Using mongoose brushes, which are a little stiffer than sable,
I painted thinner than normal , simplifying the tonal values little more than usual,and using colour instead to model forms.Something I have never really done before.

It certainly has given me food for thought.

New Studio

My Studio is at last almost finished! apart from the woodburner, sink , kitchen and some plumbing to be done .

Parisiens a la Montparnasse 1900

Workshop 19-20 , 26-27 June

The curious case of Benjamin ?

Figure painting workshop 19-20th and 26-27th June

Two 2 day workshops are scheduled at the artist's studio in the south of France.
Hotel accommodation will be provided on the banks of the canal du midi,5 mins walk
away.

The town of Castelnaudary is within easy reach of Toulouse and Carcassonne airports.

Please e-mail for full details.

View from a Paris window 24 x 20 "

This painting will be featured with a small demo in Artists and Illustrators magazine
out on the 6th April.

recent work 20 x 16

Demo 20 x 16

I started this demo Thursday and finished it off yesterday . It was of a French model,
Félicie, that I used a while back.I started it to show Iain Vellacott, my approach to
painting.
It is good to see how much he has improved over the past year, in his
figurework especially.


Here is his link www.inoils.com

Expectancy 18 x 13