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- Recent Drawings and News! (Of the BBC Variety).
- A Quick Update and Major Life Changes
- A Short Film by Katie Taylor and my Goldfish on YouTube!
- An Overdue Blog Post with lots of Pictures!
- Summer Salon exhibition at Candid Arts
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- “The Reflecting Eye” Exhibition Closed, ULU Still Life and 2014’s First Drawings!
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A Quick Update and Major Life Changes
I thought I’d give a quick update to my rather overdue blog, quite a lot has happened since my last post and although I’ve been posting new work on Facebook and Twitter, my WordPress has been slightly neglected. For those … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Life Drawings, Painting, Photography, Portrait drawings, Still Life, Uncategorized
Tagged drawing, nude, painting, portrait, portraits, students
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An Overdue Blog Post with lots of Pictures!
It’s becoming customary for me to start each blog post with “it’s been a while since I posted” and this time is no exception! So here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been up to with pencil and paintbrush … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Life Drawings, Painting, Portrait drawings, Portrait Paintings, Still Life
Tagged art, colour pencil, Cracken Edge, drawing, female nude, HCC, life drawing, NHS, nude, oil on canvas, painting, paintings and drawings, pencil, pencil on paper, portrait, still life, UCLH, University College Hospital
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Summer Salon exhibition at Candid Arts
I’m very pleased to be exhibiting five pieces of my work at the Summer Salon exhibition opening this week at the Candid Arts Trust in Angel Islington. The exhibition is open from Friday 1st to Sunday 10th July, 12-6pm and … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Exhibitions, Painting, Portrait drawings, Portrait Paintings, Still Life
Tagged art, Candid Arts, colour pencil, drawing, exhibition, oil on canvas, painting, portrait, Summer Salon
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Drawing news, Painting news and Newsnight news!
It’s been a very long time since my last post here on WordPress, about six months and during that time I’ve been continuing to work on the project for LALU at University College Hospital as well as having people pose … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Exhibitions, Life Drawings, Painting, Portrait drawings, Portrait Paintings, Still Life
Tagged BBC, Betty Tv, colour pencil, drawing, female nude, Fox tv, life drawing, MacMillan Cancer Centre, male nude, Newsnight, NHS, painting, portraits, still life, UCH
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A Post Before Christmas, New Work and News
It’s been a while since my last post and with Christmas almost here I thought I’d update my blog with recent work and take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Xmas, Bon Noel, Buon Natale, Happy Holidays etc and … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Painting, Portrait drawings, Portrait Paintings, Still Life, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Bon Noel, Buon Natale, Christmas, colour pencil, drawing, LALU, oil on canvas, painting, paintings and drawings, pencil on paper, portrait, still life, UCLH, University College Hospital
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Painting, painting, painting!
I normally publish a new page on my blog when I complete a painting but a combination of being very busy and having several paintings in progress led me to wait for a little longer and publish three new paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Laminates, Painting, Portrait Paintings, Still Life
Tagged ammonite, art, colour, crystals, drawing, flowers, garden, Lewis, oil on canvas, painting, portrait, red, self portrait, shirt, still life, sunlight, yellow
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“The Reflecting Eye” Exhibition Closed, ULU Still Life and 2014’s First Drawings!
The Reflecting Eye exhibition finished with a lively closing night party on the 23rd Jan, thanks to everyone who joined us and to all the musicians who gave us some great live performances to see the exhibition off with a … Continue reading
“An Equinox of Love” Film Shoot and Exhibition
It’s been a busy few weeks with lots of painting sessions with my current sitters, a podcast interview and an exhibition for a film! I was intrigued when Cherish Mutumbara and Magnetic Hill Films asked if they could use my … Continue reading
Posted in Digital works, Exhibitions, Laminates, Painting, Portrait Paintings, Still Life
Tagged art, arts, entertainment, exhibition, hoxton pimps, oil on canvas, painting, portrait
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“Stay Blessed!” Still Life, working in series and Fish meets Cat
It’s been several weeks since my last post during which time I’ve been lucky to have had quite a lot of people come to pose, it’s always great to have someone who is patient and interested enough to come and … Continue reading
Posted in Drawing, Life Drawings, Painting, Photography, Portrait drawings, Still Life
Tagged angel, cat, colour pencil, drawing, female nude, fish, fox, nude, oil on canvas, painting, pen, pencil, portrait, Rembrandt
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“Glass Half Full” and huge thanks to the Saatchi Gallery!
My latest still life “Glass Half Full” is finished and should be followed soon by my other works in progress as I start to get ready for another change of home in a few weeks. This is hopefully my last … Continue reading
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Simon Tolhurst 