Advice for an Art Student
I’m often contacted by students who want to pick my brains for advice, tips and pointers. Recently, I answered a series of great questions from an illustration student at UWE Bristol, and I thought I’d share my answers here too . . .
Painting in my Studio (short video)
Here’s a short film of me in my studio. After my intro, you’ll get to see a couple of examples of how my #paintings progress from start to finish. Hope you enjoy!
Staying at Home
I always paint for exhibitions. My show at Bath’s Victoria Art Gallery finished in February and Johnny Messum had just offered me a show in London in November. I was panicking a bit. This was a short lead time to come up with fifty top-drawer works. I had also just finished my artist’s residency at Stonyhurst College and was gearing up for an exhibition there. I’d had the work photographed, the catalogue was being put together and the paintings (30 oil sketches of college life) were on their way to the framer.
Then COVID-19 arrived, and our lives began to change dramatically . . .