tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42514378787371732912024-03-05T21:07:04.227-08:00(M)artblogA search for a style. A struggle to get acrylic paint out of the carpet.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251437878737173291.post-59222227857289963122012-11-22T14:06:00.000-08:002012-11-22T14:06:33.038-08:00Calves. Happy calves.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, challenged to paint something a bit less depressing, you can't get much happier than a calf sticking its tongue out, can you? I could get used to painting with block colour and a limited palette - this one only took a few hours from start to finish.<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="https://twitter.com/martynsaville" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @martynsaville</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251437878737173291.post-73007968302812118832012-09-08T13:51:00.000-07:002012-09-08T13:51:29.138-07:00Old man - work in progress 1&2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And this is it again about half finished. Taking shape, but veering towards the dark and threatening again, as ever!</div>
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Photo taken when I'd just started this one - had to plan it out to get the perspective right as it's a much bigger canvas than I usually paint on. Liking it so far.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="https://twitter.com/martynsaville" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @martynsaville</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251437878737173291.post-22675350464212093722012-09-08T13:45:00.001-07:002012-09-08T13:45:30.363-07:00Experimental faces...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something of an experiment this one - trying for three different faces in one painting, but not sure it worked. Learned a few new techniques while doing it though, so not a complete waste of time.<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="https://twitter.com/martynsaville" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @martynsaville</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251437878737173291.post-36247679306241375222012-05-05T09:15:00.001-07:002012-05-05T09:17:45.264-07:00Russians and Chechnyans - acrylic on canvas - work in progress (March 2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started this painting months ago, based on a photo I saw years ago of a riot in, I think, Chechnya. I loved the dynamism of the construction, as well as the ambiguous direction of the energy flow in the scene.<br />
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This was the halfway point when I was still deciding between dark and light, between my usual messy style and a cleaner, more monochrome approach. As you can see from the top version, messy won out in the end!<br />
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And this was a stage when the sky was getting progressively darker. I'm still not convinced I made the right choice in the end, but hey, you always have to stop at some point or the whole thing ends up ruined with over-tinkering.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="https://twitter.com/martynsaville" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @martynsaville</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251437878737173291.post-20114628418395003252012-05-04T11:16:00.000-07:002012-05-04T11:16:28.360-07:00Poppy the English Setter. Acrylic on canvas, December 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought I'd make my first post the painting I did for my parents' Christmas present in December 2011. It's their young English Setter, Poppy, painted in acrylic on canvas.<br />
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It's the first time I've tried drawing a dog, rather than a human and it took ages - none of the usual perspective rules seem to work when you're painting a dog's muzzle!<br />
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I showed it to the dog and she was suitably unimpressed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="https://twitter.com/martynsaville" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @martynsaville</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16962943595066925296noreply@blogger.com0