Putney Library Exhibition Archives

Boat 🔴

Painted from a photograph I had taken on a holiday in Turkey.

I have drawn this figure in a life drawing session from a 2-minute pose, with one continuous line. Then I have enlarged it a bit and drawn the outline on a zinc etching plate covered with hardground. Then using a sharp 2H pencil, I draw the figure again using a continuous line.

Scene from “Birdman”⭕

This is a scene from the movie “Birdman”. The plate is etched using soft ground.

Japanese Tree 🔴

Painted from an Instagram post. Unfortunately I had not recorded whose post it was.

Copy of David Hockney’s “Nichols Canyon” ❌

This is a copy of the David Hockney’s Nichols Road. It is about 1/4 size of the original painting. I saw this painting in the David Hockney exhibition in Tate. I really liked it and wanted to paint it, mostly in order to study the painting in more detail. Unfortunately, all of its images onContinue reading “Copy of David Hockney’s “Nichols Canyon” ❌”

Copy of Picasso’s “Flute player and seated nude 4, October 1962” ❌

When you do not have enough money to buy Picasso, you need to do one yourself. While visiting the Picasso 1932 exhibition in Tate Modern, I asked my wife to select one painting and I would paint a copy it for her. She has selected this. If you wonder what the original looks like youContinue reading “Copy of Picasso’s “Flute player and seated nude 4, October 1962” ❌”