Hi all, today I am sharing some painting from life studies I completed of nature, one being of a whole tree and the other a close up of one of its leaves. It was difficult to capture detail in the large

Maggie and Florence Commissioned oil-on-canvas painting 16"x 24" Hi all, today I would like to share a commissioned oil painting I completed as gift for my auntie's 60th birthday. The painting

Tulip Flowers Acrylic on paper 20cm x 30cm iansart Hi all, sharing with you today a recent acrylic painting I did of tulip flowers. I think flowers can make an excellent subject to paint and many artists

Mother and daughter 19cm x 24cm Acylic on paper iansart This is an acrylic study based on an ornament/sculpture I found in my house. I wanted to express the feelings the mother had while also accurately

Hi all, today I am sharing with you a recent still life of various fruits. After having practiced painting from life individual fruits I have combined them all into a still life composition done on canvas

Hi all, sharing with you today a still life study of shoes and the process that went into creating it. I was inspired by the artists in the past such as Van Gogh who did the same thing and thought it would

Hi all, sharing with today an acrylic painting of a glass filled with water painted from life. This exercise proved to be very challenging as water is transparent you have to paint what you see through

Hi all, sharing with you a recent painting from life study of grapes. This was an interesting exercise in capturing the reflections of the light source on the different grapes. Although they all look similar

Hi all, today I am sharing another study done from life of an orange. I made sure to use a lamp as a close light source as the effect of light can greatly determine a good or bad painting. It is important

Hi all, sharing with you some quick painting from life studies of tomatoes! I find painting things that can grow or decay over time produce a painting with a lot more character than painting from a plastic

Hi all, sharing with you all a quick life study of an apple and its process done with acrylics. I have recently been painting more from life as I believe you can achieve greater expression of the painting

Hi all! Today I would like to share my portrait painting of the master artist Rembrandt and the process that went into creating it. I find his paintings very expressive, sensitive and done with master

Hi everyone, sharing with you today the final oil painting master studies based on the painting 'The Last Day of Pompeii'. I focused on the eyes of the people in the piece as they are the most emotive

Hello all, today I would like to share another study based on the great painting The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Bryullov. The painting is full of emotions and I wanted to learn how to capture this in

Hi all, today I share another master study this time from a painting I found very inspiring Karl Bryullov | The Last Day of Pompeii, 1830-33 The painting depicts the horrors of people fleeing the city

Hi everyone, today I would like to share the process to painting a Rembrandt master copy. I find his work full of emotion and excellent technique so wondered what I could learn from copying his style.

Hi everyone, today I will share the learning process in oil painting using the old masters as reference to study upon. This reference comes from the artist Anthony Van Dyck - a Flemish Baroque artist.

Hi all, today I would like to share a study completed based on the work of the master artist Vincent Van Gogh. I find his art very expressive with excellent use of colours so I thought I could learn a

Hi all, today I would like to share a recent oil painting study of a young woman. It has been a while since I have done oil painting so I completed this on paper as I find there is less pressure compared

Hi everyone, sharing with you today another watercolor portrait practice painting of an old man. I started like most my pieces with the basic tones before moving on to the details. I have found using