01/01/2021: New years day 2021. SNOW! We started the new year off the same as any other new years day, with a long walk. This years obviously a lot less people, just my current household bubble. It was also a LOT colder than normal! We went to one of my new favourite places to go, its only around the corner from where I live but there is never anyone up this part of the long mynd - great for social distancing. We were surrounded by thick snow and panaromaic views of white fields and I was feeling very inspired to create a new series. It has somehow been two years since my last snow series but thinking about it i can't remember the last time we had 'propper' snow. It felt like what I imagine Canada to be like, the landscape felt entirely different to nromal, something out of a fairytale. What I love about the snow is that it instantly abstracts the landscape, making it easier to envisage a painting. 04/01/2021; Back in the Studio After a lovely quiet christmas it was time to get back in the studio. I hadn't been in the studio since christmas eve and the studio was an absolute state from the pre-christmas chaos. I took the tree down and gave the studio a once over ready to start working on something new. I completely regretted not being in the studio for 10 days, there had been no heating in there and the temperature has also dramatically dropped since i was last in - it was blooming freezing. 05/01/2021- Compositions I spent the morning filling a sketchbook with some composition studies based om the snowy landscape from new years day. They may just look like scribbles but these simple compositions really help me work out ideas to paint.. Straight away i can see what won't work.. I use liquitex paint markers and mark out lights and darks and try and come up with as many compositions for the same painting. Then when it comes to painting i have an idea of what im going to do, the paintings never stick to the exact composition but it is a good help! The desk chaos. 08/01/2021- Painting The start of the new series. At the moment there aew only 4 but i can see myself adding and removing paintings as part of this series as time goes on.. These are just the initial compositions, but i am hopeful. Update to the paintings at the end of day one. still a long way to go on these but I am fairly happy with the colour pallete, for the first time in forever i havent used any green... so far. 09/01/2021 -- Sunday stroll
A lovely sunday stroll in the forrest behind us. The snow has almost all gone and the landscape is starting to look a bit more green. Looking forward to getting back in the studio next week. I have decided to try and get back into blogging. I haven't posted any in a very long time but with lockdown i feel that keeping a blog may help me keep to a more consistent routine. I am aiming to post a blog once or twice a month with updates. Thanks for reading , keep safe and happy painting!
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