Category Archives: art process

Meow…

Posted on 2 November 2011 by sgolding

A few years ago I drew our cat Eclair, asleep on a cane chair, as a form used to frame the sleeping cat: I have been working on a painting in oils recently based on this drawing.  The drawing uses … Continue reading →

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more stages in a portrait ……..

Posted on 29 September 2011 by sgolding

to continue- the final preliminary painting is: The painting was developed from a series of drawings of the quartet, made in concert:   in a range of mediums:   and formats: to finish the images in this post with a compositional sketch: … Continue reading →

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a portrait in stages

Posted on 9 September 2011 by sgolding

This is a series of images of a preparatory painting I did for my 2011 archibald entry, of the Flinders Quartet.  It is a smaller oil, only about 50 cm by 90cm worked up from drawings to test ideas.  I … Continue reading →

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a portrait comes together for me from

Posted on 28 August 2011 by sgolding

a series of drawings of the subject.  But it is more than a representation of the individual floating on a painted background.  Items about the subject and signifying them are also used in some portraits as well as the environment in … Continue reading →

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