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Custom Munny – Alfredo

moopf — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:50:31 +0000

I finished a new custom 8″ Munny yesterday, and he’s called Alfredo. Click the picture on the right to see other, larger views. He’s been painted with acrylics and sealed with acrylic spray. Alfredo is already on display in a relatively new local gallery that wants to carry some of my work, called the Cornerhouse. He’s also for sale, so please contact the gallery for more information.

I’m now starting work on some Dunnys so expect new pieces from me soon.

Cafe Exhibition Opens Today

moopf — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:04:54 +0000

A few months ago I was asked by some friends if I would like to exhibit my paintings in the new cafe they were opening in the village we live in. Yesterday I delivered the paintings and helped to arrange and hang them and the cafe opens today. I took some quick photos yesterday of the paintings (click on the thumbnails for larger views). I’m hoping to get some better photos in the next couple of days.

I have five paintings on display, all acrylic on canvas. You can see better images of the paintings below (again, click the thumbnails for larger views):

The cafe is called Rosie’s Tea and Coffee Rooms and is located on Kinder Road in Hayfield, Derbyshire (Google Maps link). The paintings will be on display for around a month and are all for sale. It’s quite exciting as it’s actually the first time I’ve ever displayed my work in public “in the flesh”. So, if you’re in the area and want to see these pieces do pop into Rosie’s for coffee and cake!

Art From the Past Week

moopf — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:12 +0000

Sorry there was no post last week but I was busy finishing the final canvas piece for a small exhibition in a local cafe and it took longer than expected. That’s now finished (see the first thumbnail below) and over the last weekend I also got the time to do my custom paint job on a Tessetoys Oakor resin toy, which came out really well. As usual, click on the thumbnails below to see larger versions.

I should be installing my paintings in the cafe later this week. I’ll make sure I take lots of photos to share on my blog once they’re up.

Art From the Past Week

moopf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:59:20 +0000

Last week was a fairly quiet week on the art front but I finished a new painting ‘Giraffe Print Hideaway’ early in the week. Click the image below for a full view of the painting.

Since then I’ve been working on another canvas which I should hopefully finish this week, time allowing.

Art From the Past Week

moopf — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:41:21 +0000

Bit of a quiet week on the art front. I spent most of the time I had available finishing off an acrylic painting of a Jellyfish. Very happy with the result, please click the image below to see the full painting plus some close-ups of the detail.

I decided to do the line work with acrylic ink on this painting (using a brush). First time I’ve used ink and it went on like a dream – nice and opaque, flowed really well and gave me nice control over the lines. I will be using inks for outlines in future and fancy trying some colours other than black.

In Seach of the Perfect Black Line

moopf — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:49:18 +0000

I think the title says it all. I’m never happy with my line work when painting, although I have seen a definite improvement over the last 12 months and it’s getting to the point where, for the most part, my black lines might give the impression that they weren’t painted at all. But, I’m constantly niggled by a couple of things:

1. The blacks I use just aren’t opaque enough, so I can’t just lay the line down and forget about it – there’s a fair bit of touching up required.
2. The clogging on the brush can lead to mistakes on the lines. Because of the first point, it’s difficult to water the paint down enough so that this doesn’t happen as it then just loses all opaqueness.

I’m currently using Liquitex Soft Body ‘Ivory Black’ for my lines and have been for some time. It’s nearly what I want but still suffers from both of the above points (although it’s certainly the most opaque black I’ve used until now). But this morning I got thinking about the possibility of using acrylic inks, probably with a brush although maybe with a dip pen (haven’t used one before so I’m sure there’s a learning curve there). So any advice? Are inks the way to go for line work on paintings? Are they opaque enough? Should I use them with dip pens or stick to brushes? Questions, questions