A shadow of my former self

I selected this from a list of titles for the homwework assignment last week. The image was found in the reference library on WC.

Hopefully, the work on the shadows has improved on this one, with much more colour being used. We'll see how it is received at college tomorrow.

House on Sussex Road

This was painted from some sketches completed during class last week. The house overlooks the room that we work in. The weather was so good that we sat outside to sketch. It continues the theme of shadows. It proved to be very difficult to convincingly add the dappled shadows, without ruining a perfectly good painting of the house. In the end I have cropped this 8" by 10" section. It was quite well received at college this week, but I still feel I have an enormous amount to learn about painting shadows.

It turns out that the tutor and I are the only members of the class to have had work accepted for the Worthing Centenary Exhibition, which went down like a lead balloon.

Me and my Shadows

This was one the titles set as the homework assignment last week. It is in danger of being a little too cute, but I have at least tried to explore the shadows in more detail. Let's hope it is not dismissed as frivolous at college tomorrow.

PS I have just found out that "Teapot" aka "View in a Teapot" has been accepted for the Worthing Centenary Open Exhibition and Competition. Something of a surprise, but very pleaseing.

Still life in Blue

This was originally intended as another study in preparation for a bigger, full colour, painting. However, I really like the way that the monochrome works with this one. The lighting through the venetian blinds really makes it for me.

It was even quite well received in class last week.

Fruit Seller, St Lucia

This was painted in response to the April "Invitation to Paint" on Wet Canvas.

It took me ages to finish, mainly because I was unhappy with the fruit and kept leaving it for days before having another go. As a result, it seems rather disjointed.

Still I am happy with the figure, and the shadow falling on her face is just right IMHO.

Deck Chairs in Blue

No posting for a while as there have been other calls on my time. Also "Mirror Lake" received very mixed feedback in class last week. Disappointing, as I still believe it is the best technical piece of painting I've done.

This is a monochrome study for a piece on shadows to be completed over the next two weeks. There are a number of problems with the composition that will need to be addressed in the final version. Let's hope the feedback is more positive this week.

Mirror Lake

Painted from one of our holiday Photographs from New Zealand. It is approximately, 12 ins by 16 ins and is the half term assignment on reflections.

Great help was obtained from an excellent tutorial on water and reflections written by Artyboon on WC, and good feedback has been obtained from WC.

Depending on how it is received at College on 23 April, this will form one of my submissions to Worthing Open Exhibition on the theme of reflections.