21/100 Portraits: Painting Akram Khan for PAOTW
Following a short break from painting portraits I had the opportunity to take part in a truly special experience painting in the company of Christabel Blackburn, winner of Portrait Artist of the Year 2020, and all the presenters and judgementals of Portrait Artist of the Year……as well as 100s of other artists all over the world!!!
19/100 Portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge
For #19 of my 100 Portraits Challenge I created a portrait of Maria, daughter of a very good friend of mine. I loved working with bright, happy colours.
20/100 Portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge
For #20 of my 100 Portraits Challenge I created a portrait of Xristianna.
18/100 Portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge
Portrait 18/100 portraits of my 100 Portraits Challenge was time for another self-portrait.
100 Portraits Challenge: 1-17/100 Portraits
A few weeks ago my daughter encouraged me to do a 100 Art Project so on the 10th March I decided to begin a 100 Portraits Challenge using gouache as a good way to practice and develop my style with this genre and medium. This had nothing to do with the Covid19 Lockdown we’ve since been subjected to! I started the challenge purely for the reasons I will tell you immediately, and I would’ve done it anyway. Nevertheless it has kept me happily occupied during this challenging time for all of us.
Punching Resistance in the face and getting back on track
So I just got done scraping my new artwork after pyrographing it and cleaning up my workspace in readiness to start my favourite part of the process – painting! However, I find myself needing to pause a minute before I dive headlong into colouring and happily lose myself in it – hoping this isn’t another ploy being used by Resistance to stop me…and I’ve had a lot of Resistance to contend with in the last few months.
