Getting a vantage point close to the harbour here in Hong Kong can be quite difficult. I managed to find my way down to the typhoon shelter; you can see such a diverse range of boats & yachts packed into the limited space. Look one way and you see the affluent element, but look the […]
Thought that you might like the night time photographs of the Hong Kong central district buildings. The mass of windows and strong lighting is so impressive against the dark sky, although I wouldn’t like to pay the electricity bill!! I have just tried to get as many interesting angles as possible but I only had […]
Starting my stint over here in Hong Kong with workshops at West Island school at Pok Fu Lam. It’s great to be back over here and I’m looking forward to getting a lot of new ideas for future work. The students are always so responsive and really appreciate the opportunity to have a go at […]
I first met Brendan Neiland over 20 years ago and straight away I really liked how he captured the reflective light qualities in modern architecture with his camera. So, I was pleased to see his latest work at the Redfern Gallery in Cork St. today. I always think it’s worthwhile paying a visit to the […]
Thought it would be interesting to show you one of my favourite paintings by JMW Turner, “Norham castle, sunrise”, 1845. I always try to find time to visit the Tate Britain and have a few minutes at least with Turner’s later works. It’s the atmospheric light conditions that I love, and the way the physical […]
Back in the Rothko room at the Tate modern in London at the start of a 3 day visit to the galleries. I’ve had a fantastic first day, the highlight being the Gerhard Richter exhibition “Panorama”. It was incredible to see the diversity of his ideas from the meticulous studies inspired by his own photography […]
Back to the normal sunshine on the last day as we embarked on the vaparetto ride to San Marco. We used the ornate and decorative as the starting point for the session, looking in particular at the Doge’s Palace and the Basillica. No problems, apart from the jobs worth police who stopped the students from […]
We managed two excellent studies this morning in the quieter section part of Venice. We worked on the theme of “looking through” trying to embrace the differences between foreground and background. The ornate iron bridge railings were more than useful focal points to create a real contrast to the linear flow of the canal. We […]
The vaparetto crew were back at work today much to the delight of the students. The morning journey across to the Rialto bridge to draw near the markets was far easier. Venice is actually quite small, but walking from A to B can be eventful, the water bus takes all the stress away. We drew […]
A fantastic days drawing today, the light has been excellent and the temperature quite warm, if your were sitting in the sunshine that is. This morning was a little disjointed because of the impromptu vaparetto strike. Basically, the water bus wasn’t available so we had to walk to the Academia gallery. The students were not […]