The Green Hat

(Above) The Green Hat

April 2011

14.5cm x 17.5cm

Mixed media on paper.

This painting was developed from the drawing below.

(Above) The Green Hat
April 2011
9.5cm x 11cm
A drawing produced using the Handwriting App and stylus of the Sony Reader; printed on acid-free paper and hand signed in ink.

In yesterday's post, I mentioned how I've been thinking again about the work of Marie Laurencin. I've also been looking at paintings by the German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, in particular this portrait:

(Above) Portrait of Gerda (1914) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
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A Winter Hat























(Above) A Winter Hat
15.5cm x 18.5cm
April 2011
Mixed media on paper.

Marie Laurencin is one of my favourite artists and I often find myself thinking about her work when I am painting.

(Below) Femme à la robe verte by Marie Laurencin

I've just found this lovely portrait of Laurencin on a French blog and was struck by how much she looks like her paintings.

(Below) Marie Laurencin (1885 - 1956) 

A Hollywood Hat

(Above) A Hollywood Hat

April 2011

15cm x 18cm

Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian ink, Windsor & Newton Calli calligraphic ink, Daler Rowney FW acrylic ink, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

I've developed this painting from a drawing (below) produced using the Handwriting App of the Sony Reader. 

(Above) A Hollywood Hat

9cm x 11cm

April 2011

The Black Feathered Hat

(Above) The Black Feathered Hat
15.5cm x 18cm
April 2011
Mixed media (Faber Castel Albrecht Durer watercolour crayons, Windsor & Newton Indian ink, Windsor & Newton Calli calligraphic ink, Daler Rowney FW acrylic ink, Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons) on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper (200g).

I've developed this painting from a drawing (below) done in response to a thumbnail photograph that I saw in an Internet report about Ladies' Day at Aintree. The lady in the picture was wearing a pink wrap around dress or shawl of somekind, but really the palette was triggered by my coincidently enjoying the sight of a cherry tree this morning that is blossom behind the back of the house. The colour of the blossom looks wonderful against the clear blue skies that we have had with a weekend of glorious spring weather.

(Above) The Black Feathered Hat
9cm x 10.5cm
April 2011
A drawing produced using the Handwriting App and stylus of the Sony Reader, printed on acid-free paper and signed in ink.

The Spanish Hat


















(Above) The Spanish Hat
March 2011
15.5 cm x 18.5 cm
Mixed media (Caran d'ache Neocolour II water-soluble wax crayons and Daler Rowney FW acrylic inks) on 100% cotton rag, acid free paper (200g) developed from a drawing (below) that I produced using the Handwriting App of my Sony Reader in response to a thumbnail photograph that I saw on the Internet of French actress Leslie Caron.