Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Still lives in artificial light

With it being dark so early at the moment I've switched on the light and carried on working:




Sunday, 8 January 2017

Some new pics of London

View from the National Gallery portico looking across Trafalgar Square down to Westminster

A great view up river from the Walkie Talkie building

Found a good view from King's College in the Strand

This is from the top of the new Switchhouse building at Tate Modern looking over the river.

Friday, 16 September 2016

More pics from the National Gallery

A series of drawings looking at the interaction between the paintings and the viewer
#SebastianodelPiombo #TheRaisingofLazarus




Friday, 2 September 2016

Friday, 26 August 2016

More pictures from kerala

Classic "garden" for a Keralan house among the palm trees. White sand with trees and plants carefully cultivated

The barber's on the beach doing a brisk trade

Vishnu the barber wanted his "photo" drawn!

Valickavu Market

One of the veg shops in sleepy Vallickavu

Another one - notice all the different types of bananas

View of the backwater with the traditional wooden punts that resemble Venetian gondolas

Selling tapioca root in the market

Monday, 22 August 2016

Drawings from Kerala

Lush, exotic and very damp! Kerala is a great place to draw and paint. here are a few drawings







I did on a recent trip.

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

More Figaro from Longborough Festival OperaDr

Dr Bartolo

Act IV Figaro and Barberina

The Countess played by Susanna Fairbairn

Act II The girls present the countess with flowers

Cherubino sings to Susanna

Act III

The Count mistakes the Countess for Susanna

Act IV Figaro thinking that Susanna is singing to the Count

The Countess singing Porgi Amor

Figaro brings in the servants to sing to the Count

Act III Susanna and the Countess plot against the Count

Act II Susanna steps out of the closet to the surprise of both the Count and the Countess

The Marriage of Figaro