Halo
‘Halo’ Oil pencil on traditional gesso panel, 8 x 10 inches. I have been commissioned by Duke House Cambridge for five of my drawings to hang in their salon for opening night. This drawing is finished in gold leaf. Final drawings framed and up at Duke House. All drawings were created on traditional gesso […]
Process – Stripy Ribbon Painting
Starting out with handmade gesso panels, made with traditional materials, and sanded many times to achieve a porcelain finish to work on. With a very thin coat of umber and walnut oil rubbed on with a rag and left to dry. More about traditional gesso making here. These handmade gesso boards are a dream […]
Dusty pink bow
A small sketch study of a dusty pink bow on gesso paper. Working in layers from pencil, underdrawing to colour layers to achieve depth in the final painting.
Postcard Set
I have produced a collection of postcard prints from the ribbon drawings I have on my gesso boards. Each postcard is printed on 200 GSM silk board in a matte finish. You can purchase them here from my shop.
Ribbon Gesso Process
Every drawing and painting starts with handmade gesso boards, with many many layers of sanding and a final light coat of umber rubbed into the surface. You can read more in detail about my traditional gesso here. Let us start in a sketchbook and get some basic shapes down and work on a composition we […]
‘Night-time’ process
‘Night-time’Oil on wooden panel, on traditional gesso. 4 x 6 inches. This painting was a small experiment in the process of working on stripes from an underpainting. I used a raw sienna for the underpainting, with a flake white.