From the studio

The start of the year has been yet another very successful period for Studio Fridays artists. Here’s a round up from January to March: Melissa Harris’s paper sculpture, ‘Purple Legged Spiral’, and Diana Sandetskaya’s oil painting, ‘Sunset in Mill Hill Park (XVII), were both selected for this year’s Wales Contemporary, and shown at the Garrison…

Whereas half of the term’s sessions are dedicated to lively, fast paced, one off, ‘mystery challenge’ workshop sessions, the other half are devoted to helping students develop their own ideas for making paintings. Here are some of the paintings that have been produced by painting students in the studio during the recent spring term.

I’ve decided to try out some alternative art podcasts. I’ve had a search and narrowed down to the following eleven that sound most interesting to me. The Lonely PaletteMeet me at the museumTalk ArtDialoguesOnly ArtistsRecording ArtistsThe week in artThe Art World: What if?An art to itAsk an artistA brush with Once I’ve had a listen…

When Lucy Mcorban’s Mayfair gallery trail popped up on Instagram the other day, I thought it would be a good idea to add her recommendations to my post from last summer about planning a gallery trail. So here are the two combined. Firstly, Lucy’s Mayfair trail. Check for opening days and times before heading off.…

I was drawn to Wilfrid Wood’s painting (above) at the Bankside Gallery yesterday. I think I like goal posts in paintings. Not sure why. I’ll have a think about it. I’ve added a few more goal posts in paintings below that have caught my eye in the past. Danny Markey George Shaw Diana Sandetskaya You’ll…

RWS Open
 ExhibitionBankside Gallery, London 
Ends March 23rd The annual RWS Open competition and exhibition is open to any non RWS member who would like to enter work produced using water-based media. The Bankside Gallery exhibition is therefore an excellent opportunity to get a sense of where contemporary water-based painting is today. Congratulations to all…

Huge congratulations to Studio Fridays mentee Elise Mendelle, who has been working SO hard recently! After the success of her solo show at Henarch Galleries only a couple of weeks ago, she was back in East London for the Other Art Fair. Taking part in the Other Art Fair involves four full on days of…

‘For his fascinating series “Favorites” (2013-2015), German artist Jan-Hendrik Pelz asked 66 artists to tell him their favorite film and give an arbitrary series of numbers as a time code. He then stopped the films at the relevant point and converted the resulting unforeseeable stills into oil paintings.’ (Extract from www.onartandasthetics.com) Below are some more…

For my painting classes on Wednesday this week, I presented students with a range of postcard sized pieces of canvas, board and papers to test out and compare. I feel that finding the right surface to paint on is so important. A bad painter might well be right to blame their tools! Apart from testing…