Another Day

Life Drawing #14

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:23:00 +0000

Life Drawing #13

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:17:00 +0000

Life Drawing #12

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 31 May 2022 01:13:00 +0000

Life Drawing #11

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 17 May 2022 04:42:00 +0000

Life Drawing #10

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 17 May 2022 04:34:00 +0000

Outside Painting #8

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:13:00 +0000

Flight of the Blackbird

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:33:00 +0000

I felt that this one needed some movement in the expanse of sky, and I had the thought of putting a bird in, even when I was initially painting it. There were lots of birds flying about, but I didn't have the confidence to attempt to paint one on the wing, as it were. I found this suitable image online and it seems to work. I think.

Blackbird on the Path

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:26:00 +0000

I reworked this painting as I was not happy with the foreground vegetation, and repainted the blackbird. I think it works better now.

Life Drawing #9

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:04:00 +0000

Life Drawing #8

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 23:50:00 +0000

On Paint and Pigments

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:26:00 +0000

Well my paint finally arrived on the back of a pony… 😝 but I do wish that oil paint makers would clearly state the pigments used! Whilst painting these recent outside landscapes I found myself using W&N Sap Green. I used a whole tube and so I ordered 3 more tubes, however a different brand - on sale and slightly cheaper. It’s a completely different colour! Sap Green originally was made as a lake from buckthorn berries. A lake just means that it is basicly a dye, and to make a pigment out of it you have to add a mordant like alum. Anyway, it was highly fugitive and so now it is made as a “ hue” using other pigments. The problem is that every manufacturer has a different recipe, so you never know what you are getting! I much prefer the actual pigment name to be used, then I know exactly what it is! And YES, it does make a difference! I’m a fussy bugger. Sure you can match the colour but you can never match the specific pigments physical and optical properties . It’s becoming harder to ascertain the actual pigments. Many brands don’t state it on the tube and even going to their website and looking at charts is fruitless. They also are constantly changing their recipes so you can’t even be certain of the same brand from batch to batch. I discovered that a while ago when I specifically needed Old Holland Brown Umber. It’s not the same as it was. This can happen with natural earth pigments, because the type of earth used is, I suppose, is dependant on price and availability. True Burnt or Raw Sienna is from Sienna! Naples wont do! That’s yellow lol! Indeed, Napes Yellow is now almost impossible to get because of all the Nana State health restrictions. The original contained lead. Now, it’s approximated with other pigments. It’s just zinc oxide and mars yellow oxide now. And don’t get me started on Lead Carbonate! It’s got so rare and expensive that I have resorted to attempt to make it myself from sheet lead and vinegar using the “ Dutch Stack process”. This consists of putting coils of lead into earthenware jars filled with vinegar and covered in horse dung! The horse dung being an essential part of the process, as it ferments to provide carbon dioxide and heat. Although, you can replicate this using baker’s yeast and sugar…. There used to be interesting Youtube clips describing this process, but the Nana Police had them removed. I love the feeling of doing something naughty and contraband! 😂

Outside Painting #5

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:38:00 +0000

Northerly Through the Pongas. Painted from the back door of the studio.

Outside Painting #4

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:34:00 +0000

Outside Painting #3

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:31:00 +0000

Outside Painting #2

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:26:00 +0000

Outside Painting #1

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 04:10:00 +0000

I've lived at the side of this road for nearly 40 years now. Seen, and heard, a lot of traffic speed past.

Life Drawing #7

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:59:00 +0000

Black King's Castle

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:59:00 +0000

A chalk pastel I did last year I think.

Life Drawing #6

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:50:00 +0000

Life Drawings #5

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:13:00 +0000

Life Drawing #4

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:16:00 +0000

Life Drawings #3 December2021

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:25:00 +0000

Life Drawings #2

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 02:01:00 +0000

I’m just posting these here as some kind of digital archive for my own purposes. I realise that it’s unlikely that anyone reads this old blog now.

Life Drawing

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:52:00 +0000

Castle

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Hutchinson) — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:40:00 +0000