Today I have chosen a still life painting in coloured pencils. Watch how the scene showing a plate, a lemon, a spoon and a glass of water develops in this speed painting video in just 3 minutes.
Matt Harvey
Matt Harvey graduated from Wimbledon School of Art in London after studying Fine Art. Originally he created abstract sculptures and paintings later continuing to work on portraits. This is when he became increasingly interested in renaissance painting techniques. Studying under James Scrace, he learned the techniques of the Italian masters and now uses these techniques in his oil portraits.
As well as painting in oils Matt also makes bronze portraits and carves portraits directly in marble.
Matt Harvey kindly agreed to becoming the latest addition to my “Featured Artist“ page. I admire his realistic creations very much.
Everyone including art collectors will love his work.
There is a link to his website when you click on the image above.
Mountain Lake
This landscape painting shows a mountain lake in Austria. You will find this beautiful scene just half an hour´s drive away from Salzburg.
The painting is 30x40cm in acrylics on fine art paper. It comes in a white 40x50cm mount.
You will find more of my landscape paintings and an enlarged view when you click here. The original and limited edition prints are available upon enquiry.
Today I have chosen another painting exercise by Geoff Kersey. In this 12 minute real time painting video he shows us how to paint a gently flowing river. It is a detailed realistic watercolour painting. It is one of many excellent tutorials on ArtTutor.
The website offers paid and free tutorials. I have purchased the watercolour course DVDs and I am very happy with it. I am also the proud owner of one of Geoff Kersey´s books containing many beautiful landscape paintings. So good artists can learn from other artists just as they did during the time of the old masters.
Dartmoor Rocks
Recently I took part in the Devon Art Society´s summer exhibition in Babbacombe near Torquay. The link will take you to some photographs of the event showing numerous paintings created by society members.
The picture on the left gives you some detail of one of my works which was on display with hundreds of others.
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Rocks on the Moors
The August newsletter for the Leisure Painter and Artist magazines featured my step-by-step report about the painting you see on the left.
It has been a great pleasure to have been invited by the magazine´s editor to write this article.
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Rocks on the Moors
Dewerstone Rocks
From August 19 through August 28 I will be participating in the Devon Art Society´s summer exhibition in Babbacombe near Torquay.
I have submitted two new paintings. They will be on show for nine days together with hundreds of paintings by fellow members.
The pictures show my new paintings. They are 30x40cm acrylics on fine art paper in a 40x50cm mount.
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Today I have chosen a painting by Grant Fuller. In this 12 minute real time video he shows us how to paint trees in watercolour. Grant creates the atmosphere of a forest on the hills on a misty day.
Hope you like my choice of the day.
From August 9 through September 10 I will be participating in the NAROMA Art Society´s exhibition of representational art at the Feldmann Trust in Germany.
We have chosen the title – Impressionists Mirrored in the Modern World“ to indicate that a number of the paintings on display have been deliberately chosen to present mirror images of famous impressionist paintings.
The highlight of the show is a septych, a set of seven paintings combined into one to represent Monet´s water lilies. It stretches to almost half the size of Monet´s eight metre long original.
We will also run a competition to give visitors a chance to win one of the paintings if they guess the number of mirror images correctly.
We will be showing more than 20 works.
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Geoff Goddard
Geoff likes to explore a range of styles and techniques but there is always a human element in his work. His gallery shows conventional portraits and still lifes proving his main purpose to create art that has beauty, requires investigation and generates an emotive response. Realism is fundamental to all his work and he revels in details and subtle changes in colour and tone.
Since retiring from teaching Geoff has focused much more on portraiture with the desire to suggest something more than just the visual record.
Geoff Goddard kindly agreed to becoming the latest addition to my “Featured Artist“ page. I admire his realistic paintings very much.
Art collectors will love his beautiful fine art paintings.
There is a link to his website when you click on the image above.
winner of the Judges Award
AERA
by Matt Harvey
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