Category Archives: oil painting

and the painting from it..of the Prom

Posted on 17 December 2013 by sgolding

This is the painting commissioned  from the drawing in the post below, actually mixed media and some unconventional watercolour technique.  In places I have used watercolour direct from the tube to create an opaque mark. The painting is in oil and glaze on … Continue reading →

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tuning up..

Posted on 23 October 2013 by sgolding

I often do a preliminary study from drawings before a major work.  This one was done as a preliminary portrait before a large scale group portrait of the Flinder’s quartet, submitted for the Archibald in 2010. It is about 80 cm by … Continue reading →

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Wilson’s Prom…wild woolly and with some quiet scratching away

Posted on 8 October 2013 by sgolding

I have just been on holidays at Wilson’s Prom.  As I grew up in Geelong our usual beach side visits have been in that general direction.  Now that we live in Melbourne we headed to the Prom.  While on holiday … Continue reading →

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Canola fields

Posted on 12 September 2013 by sgolding

I have been working on a canvas based on drawing of the landscape I did a few years back on a trip from Adelaide to Melbourne near the SA border with Victoria.  The canvas is stretched over a form which … Continue reading →

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