Christy

The last portrait group of the year at Richmond Art Supplies, the sitter took the portrait away with her as a gift for her mother, so the photo here isn't that sharp

In Progress

starting another bush scene

Cumberland Plain bush

Cumberland bush scene

 a Denman Landscape

Wendy

Our sitter at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop portrait group was Wendy. As it was the last group for the year we had and extended break so I only painted one sketch this time

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South Coast tree study

small oil sketch from reference

Colo River Scene

painted plein air earlier this year and have been adjusting in the studio

Londonderry Trees 2

Another painting of the same trees from a slightly different angle, still to be finished.

Albert Moriarty

Thursday was the funeral for Bert Moriarty, who would have been 99 at the end of this month. Bert lived on Bowen Mountain and was a local character... an artist, a storyteller who spoke his mind, and an engineer who could make things!

Bert would occasionally drop in to the Piggery when I used to be in there regularly and I painted this portrait of him in early 2012.

Londonderry Trees

I went out the other week and did a little plein air sketch of some trees, and decided to make them into a large painting... still to be finished

Portrait at Richmond Art Supplies

Saturday was our regular monthly portrait group at Richmond Art Supplies and Melissa was again the model for  these two 16 x 12 oil sketches, a 60 (or 80) minute and a 30 minute

Live at the Piggery

We are  now intending to use 'The Piggery'  more like we used to do, which was to have open days with artists at work and live demonstrations, and now we are adding more activities for participation such as  portrait workshops and musical jam sessions.
These will be on the first Saturday of the month, and we had our first 'dry run' on the 2nd November... it didn't quite work out with getting a portrait sitter, but a couple of the participating artists took turns for some 20 minute poses.

and the musical jam session got off to a small but confidence building start... and will be something to look forward to!

HCAW Portrait

from the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop monthly portrait group,   60 minute and 40 minute oil sketches of this month's sitter Melissa

Clay Creations Exhibition

Last Weekend (19th & 20th) was the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre 'Clay Creations Pottery Exhibition' and I forgot that I had been invited to supplement it with some paintings as a featured artist...until after a quick reminder phone call in  morning!  I was able to grab some paintings from 'the Piggery' and zip up to the Glenbrook Theatre Hall in time to hang them!

Richmond Art Supplies

Today's portraits from the monthly portrait group at Richmond Art Supplies

RAS Portrait Class New Term

The portrait class at the Royal Art Society in North Sydney started a week early in order to make it a ten week term, but it will need a few more people to enroll if it is to keep going. This was a 20  x 16 oil study.

RAS Portrait Course week 10

Week 10, the final week of the term at the Royal Art Society in North Sydney. It's been a new experience for me, and I now have a better idea of how to approach this, and I have been invited to run a course for the next term.

Bride was the sitter here for the last day

Body and Soul Exhibition

This weekend is the  Life Drawing & Painting Exhibition of the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre in Glenbrook held annually at the Glenbrook Theatre Hall.

here are some of photos from setting up, I have included  seven folders of drawings and paintings from the last year.

folders of drawings

folders of portraits and paintings

Bridie & Margot

Mia & Alicia

works by Richard Cutler

some by Elly Mahboub

RAS Portrait Course week 9

As well as our usual quick sketches we were discussing tonal variety and colours in portrait painting this week.

Portrait Group Richmond Art Supplies

From this month's portrait group at Richmond Art Supplies,  Oil on canvas approx A3

Hawkesbury Art Fair

The 2019 Hawkesbury Art Fair had its opening this evening at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, deputy Mayor Mary Lyon Buckett officiated.The Exhibition consists of artworks from local art groups and organizations. I have 7 paintings on display as part of the Piggery Lane Studios. The Art Fair will run until October 13th and all artworks are for sale.

RAS Portrait Course week 8

Emma was the new sitter this week, and we are continuing with the format of quick drawings and then the longer pose

RAS Portrait Course week 7

continuing  with the same program of short 1 and 3 minute sketches, then 20 minute and resuming the same pose as last week, some participants continued with their oil painting and others used a variety of   mediums

today's Oil Portrait at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop, 60 minutes

RAS Portrait Course week 6

this week we continued on the same way with some 1 & 3 minute sketchesto warm up and concentrate on just getting the head structure and angles of the head in various head positions.
Followed by a longer sketch and then just doing one position for the rest of the session.

getting some things ready for the Hawksbury Art Fair