January 5 13 / day 4
This is the study I’ve been working on recently. Being a head and face artist, I really wanted to try something different and out of my comfort zone and in doing so I’ve learned a lot about myself and my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, work in progress
Tagged julian kimmings, oils, portrait
January 2 13 / day 1
Happy New Year to you all – here’s to a hopeful and amazing 2013. 2012 was a quiet but productive year for me in many ways. I’d planned it that way after a crazy busy (and in many ways unproductive) … Continue reading
Posted in Daily, general, Thoughts
Tagged art, julian kimmings, oil painting, Thoughts
November 23 12 / day 327
A little while ago I applied to join a group on Flickr where you upload a set of images of yourself and invite other members of the group to create art (in the traditional sense) from them. I’ve already painted … Continue reading
October 17 12 / day 290
I think it’s fair to say that quite a lot of my past influence has come from reading about old or past cultures. I’m not able to pin-point what it is that captures my interest, maybe because I haven’t ever … Continue reading
Tagged legends, miwok, myths, old stories
September 27 12 / day 270
A shot from my iPhone of the latest painting I’m working on in Oil. Working on the idea that painting is 90% observation and 10% action.
Tagged in progress, oil paint
September 2 12 / day 245
Jane Radstrom makes some pretty amazing images, I’m surprised I only found her a few weeks ago. At the very least check out her tumblr.
Posted in inspire
September 2 12 / day 245
An enlightening and inspiring video interview with Nicholas Cullinnan and Jenny Saville at Modern Art Oxford. I was lucky enough to get down to Oxford to see the exhibition, listening to her talk about her process and inspiration puts the … Continue reading
July 29 12 / day 210
This last few days have been full of frustration – mainly because I can’t seem to sit still for more than a microsecond unless I’m painting or drawing, add to this a bout of gastroenteritis, with me laid up in bed and you … Continue reading
Posted in Daily
July 28 12 / day 209
Constantly striving to move forward and not stand still long enough to stagnate. There’s obviously a difference in technique between oils and acrylic paints – never more so obvious when you put one of my ‘latest’ acrylic paintings and the … Continue reading
July 15 12 / day 196
So I’m really getting into my oils right now … and smaller study’s/pieces. I’m building myself up to a larger oil canvas. In the mean-time, here’s some more self portraits that I’ve been working on. And a second, larger one: … Continue reading
Tagged art, julian kimmings, self portraits