Still Life 1
July 2020, lockdown staycation. I took an online class with Mark Carder and he taught me an awful lot. He teaches realism and this is...
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Painting Journey
Jolly
- May 18, 2019
- 2 min
The Fairy Castle
This is a castle at the bottom of a tiny valley, built by a nobleman in Portugal for his little daughter. I thought it was fascinating.
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Jolly
- May 18, 2019
- 2 min
Cong's Wood
Great woods in Cong, Co. Mayo. This is an attempt to capture them
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Jolly
- May 18, 2019
- 1 min
Postcard Lily
This Postcard Lily in oil started as a joke but progressed into something I really like.
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Jolly
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
Surreal Neutrophils
This is totally out of my head, done alla prima in 6 hours during a very bad time for me and my boyfriend. I'm documenting it here as...
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Jolly
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
Apples and Plum
This is not the first painting I made following the layering technique, but it's the first I documented the progress of. I followed a...
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Jolly
- Jan 1, 2019
- 1 min
Happy 2019
We really needed something joyful to look at for the year. Whether it was still on my easel or finished and hanging on the wall. This is...
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Jolly
- Dec 31, 2018
- 1 min
Debbie's Porch
Debbie is a fantastic nice lady I met last year in San Francisco. Talking about paintings and reference pictures she graciously sent me a...
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Jolly
- Dec 30, 2018
- 1 min
Peppers - peperoni grandi e piccini
This one was done very much "alla prima", starting with a totally untreated background on a cardboard-for-oils A4. My folks liked it a...
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Jolly
- Dec 29, 2018
- 2 min
Yellow Rose
This rose took forever, but I am pleased with the level of details and the likeness to the reference pictures. The grisaille was in umber...
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Jolly
- Dec 26, 2018
- 1 min
Lilies
I was asked by everybody not to proceed to the colour layer as they all liked it at the final stage of the grisaille. See below all the...
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