Coast

Coast oil on card 20 cm x 14 cm

Paintings on EBay

Two studies on eBay both starting at £14.99

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/original-acrylic-landscape-painting-of-Lands-End-in-Cornwall-/131170737472?pt=UK_art_Paintings_GL&hash=item1e8a629d40

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/original-acrylic-seascape-painting-of-Cape-Cornwall-/131170742240?pt=UK_art_Paintings_GL&hash=item1e8a62afe0

Rhododendron

Rhododendron 17 cm x 17 cm watercolour

Booty and the Beach

 Carbon pencil and a watercolour

 

Carbon rubbings of the bottles.

A cloud of Turnstone feeding on the shore

I spent the day walking from Formby to Hightown yesterday along the beach and came home with some booty. I'll use the bottles in some of my future still life paintings. 

After Charles Reid

24 cm x 20 cm watercolour

Section of a painting after Charles Reid

Back to Basics, Four Drawings

I've been adding to my sketchbooks with some drawings and all but the dog were done from life; he wouldn't sit still long enough for an extended study. The top two were using charcoal, a medium I should get more practice with. The bottom two were done with 01 and 03 ink pens. All drawn in a 14 cm x 14 cm sketchbook.

Onion

Onion 14 cm x 14 cm oil on canvas mounted and ready to frame, see more on the link below.

http://original-art-under100.com/artist/steve-strode

Cherries

19 cm x 13 cm oil on canvas, Cherries

I've tried several times with this painting but the site just keeps making it look lighter. For a more representational look of the original check out the link below to see this and other artwork.

http://original-art-under100.com/artist/steve-strode

Turner at the Lady Lever gallery

detail of an Alfred Munnings painting, 'The Fresian Bull'

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/paintings/gallery4/thefriesianbull.aspx

You can see the original at the link above although the original is not as photographic looking in the flesh. There is very little detail, just amazing painterly abstract brush marks.

Break for coffee in the basement cafe.

Leisure Painter Magazine Article

 

I have an article in the May edition of Leisure Painter magazine out now. I road tested Great A's Manet brushes which have since become a welcome addition to my collection, especially the watercolour mop's, they're really good at holding lots of paint.

After Edward Seago

22 cm x 15 cm oil on canvas.

After Edward Seago, Fishing Boat in Istanbul