Aldo Balding

Monday, 16 September 2013

3 stage progress of "4pm August,Chateau de Gordes"

Monday, 26 August 2013

One from my upcoming show in Bath in October. Details will be posted soon .....

Thursday, 11 July 2013

View from the " Salle des editions" Gordes

A recent street scene looking out from the entrance to the Gallery. This painting will be one of about 40 paintings, new and old that will be exhibited there. 20 July - 2 August Salle des editions, Chateau de Gordes 84220 France.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Exhibition in Gordes July 20 th

Monday, 17 June 2013

Saturday, 4 May 2013

New works

It has been a busy time and I haven't posted in awhile. I have a new atelier- and held a workshop in it recently. Time is pressing as I have an exhibition in Bristol then Cape Town; and

portrait commissions to start.

Monday, 11 February 2013

I have a three man exhibition on now at Thompson's gallery,with Douglas Gray and Robert Wells. London.http://www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk/current/balding-gray-wells-2013

Monday, 7 January 2013

Figure and portrait painting workshop April 13th - 20th near Carcassonne,France 7 days accomodation B&B in a beautiful gite http://www.maison-de-margot.com/ 5 days painting from a model, with demonstration , in my studio.7 places available. Please contact me for more details ;

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

unfinished

Sometimes it is nice to see a work unfinished , it can show a lot of clues to the method used .

Saturday, 17 November 2012

Justa little turps to begin . A few places have a turps/Stand oil mix

, to blend one stroke into another .

Friday, 16 November 2012

Painting in stages

I love the time of the day before the sun sets

, on a cloudless day .Everything is lit with an ultramarine / violet light . I will post these stages, that I had photographed at intervals . My palette was Tit. White, Cad yellow med, cad orange, Alizarin, cobalt violet, ultramarine, trans oxide red and ivory black . The canvas size is 14 x 11.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Oil on canvas 18 x 14 inches Jardin de pensées

Friday, 19 October 2012

Watercolour for a change of technique , hard to go back to after oils , the control is very difficult . Knowing when the paper is dry and putting the paint on at the right time is an art itself .

Friday, 12 October 2012

Place Carnot 70 x 50 cm

A recent painting of Place Carnot , around 8 am in October .

Friday, 14 September 2012

A better image !

Friday, 22 June 2012

Zeebee - Be my sailor from nigani on Vimeo.

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

workshop

I have a couple of places left on a workshop , it was arranged at short notice to accommodate a couple of artists . 25,26,27 th June in Castelnaudary France . Please email for further details .

Sunday, 8 April 2012

Workshop

Enjoyed immensely meeting everyone ,exhausted at the end .

I have posted a quick demo that I did to explain tonal values and light and shadow .
I have added some marks whilst still wet .

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Unspoken

Started out as a tonal study to solve some problems .

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

5 day figure painting workshop 31 March - 7 th April

I will be doing a 5 day figure painting workshop near carcassonne in the south of France . Accomodation will be in a beautiful country house in acres of land , self catering . www.La-prade.com
There will be 3 days painting the figure outdoors and 2 days in my atelier .

The price will be 540 euros for the weeks stay , 100 euros extra for a non painting partner and five days painting with a model ,demonstration and tutoring.

Please contact me for further details aldobalding@yahoo.co.uk