In a couple of our sessions, we discussed how artists use ‘ Transcription’ as a means to understand the process of paintings and develop...

We are looking at the ‘Studio’ paintings of George Braque. I have added a couple of his paintings from this series to inspire us. Braque...

Our next project is titled ‘Facade’ and it is influence by the Egon Schiele painting in the Belvedere in Vienna. I have added a photo of...

Cloisonnism is a style of post-Impressionist painting with bold and flat forms separated by dark contours. The term was coined by critic...

Our new project is titled ‘Embrace’ and it is informed by the work of the artist Antonia Showering, whose work we looked at towards the...

I attach an early painting of spring flowers by Monet - painted differently from his better known Impressionist. It is quite academically...

Over the past week I read Michael Frayn’s book ‘Headlong.’ It’s a fictional account about the discovery of a missing Bruegel painting...

This week we looked at the work of the American painter Jon Redmond. I have attached a couple of his still life paintings. There is a...

A drawing on the Antiques Roadshow over a week ago was by Henry Ryland. It is a lovely study and it captures beautifully the shape and...

In the Still Life class we looked at the work of a Matisse. We talked about his use of pattern in painting, and how this was influenced...