Paintingmatters

With the John Moore's Contemporary painting prize calling for entries I have been thinking that it has only once been won by a female painter. So am posting some female painters that I think are interesting. Please let me know of any that come to mind and I will post them up, thanks.

If you are considering applying for post graduate study, it would be well worth checking out this show.

I mentioned using a dry brush for blending oil paint when wet. Here are a couple of images that show the process. I will eventually get around to posting a photo of a range of brushes that are good for this technique.

I t's not a bad idea to wear rubber gloves when you are using oil paint. Cleaning your hands with white spirt and washing up liquid is pretty boring and dries your hands. You can pick up a big box of gloves very cheaply from pound shops, all ways an inspirational excursion for an artist.

Thank-you to every one that attended my talk on Tuesday, and for all the questions. It's interesting that although I stood up and talked for sometime in the lecture theatre It often takes me some time and courage to ask questions. If you do want anything clarified please feel free to ask me, either here in the comments section or by email. All feedback is also useful, it was the first time I had used media clips in a presentation. I hope they added some clarity to the talk, what do you think?  I would be delighted to know.I have attempted to give references to all the artists and information covered but again if you can't find the information you need  in 'Painting matters' let me know. Sarah 

I just wanted to thank everyone that attended the workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday. My ambition was for a re-newed excitement for painting. I certainly went away with this. I think it would have been useful to explore supports for painting and various priming methods in more detail. In the meantime The John Jones web site is worth looking at for this information. I have added this information under art suppliers. Please make any suggestions that you may have for how this type of workshop can be improved, I would be very grateful for your feedback.  Please find some of the initial painting experiments made on Tuesday. I look forward to seeing how the work progresses on my next visit in a few weeks time.  Sarah

fred@fred-london.com Stephen Lawlor Cu 7 January – 7 February 2009 Fred [London] is delighted to present an exhibition of new paintings by leading Irish artist, Stephen Lawlor. Taking its title from the chemical symbol for copper, Cu, will comprise fourteen small, rich paintings, of the extraordinary and unique panorama surrounding two ancient and disused mines, sited on either side of the Irish Sea: at Avoca, in County Wicklow, and at Mynedd Parys, near Amlwch, on Anglesey – and situated as they are at either end of the same copper seam as it emerges from the sea. Owned at one time by the same company, both once thrived, but fell into decline in the mid-nineteenth century, and disrepair in the mid-twentieth. Left behind is a landscape built of a fabulously rich array of colours betraying the vast cocktail of minerals found in its soil. It has a magical presence. Lawlor is aware of its randomness, and has tried not to reproduce it objectively. He has abstracted the colours

http://www.cassart.co.uk/ What can I say, download the brochure.

http://www.johnjones.co.uk/services/artist-surfaces/stretchers-.aspx Worth looking at the website for information about canvas and painting surfaces, really good site.

http://www.cornelissen.com/  

Button polish is a great way to seal paper for a surface to paint on with oil based paints.