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Biography of artist Helen Davison
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. Having lived in Gloucestershire, England for most of her life, Helen Davison Bradley (b. 1974) graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Cheltenham & Gloucester College in 1998. For many years she ran her own successful graphic / website design studio, until deciding to embark upon a career as a figurative painter in 2010. Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) Annual Exhibition. May 16th – June 27th,...
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New term figure drawing - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. New term figure drawing. New term figure drawing. April 26, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Drawing. Figure study. Charcoal on Roma paper. I photographed this just after I’d sprayed it with fixitive, so the surface doesn’t quite look true to the original. Still, it’s a study. You get the idea. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Larr; Memento-mori with Cadmium Yellow. More figure drawing, new paper.
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More figure drawing, new paper - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. More figure drawing, new paper. More figure drawing, new paper. May 19, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Drawing. Figure study. Charcoal and chalk on Canson Ingres paper. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Larr; New term figure drawing. And More Figure Drawing. Popular Pages and Posts. Charcoal Portrait – Sarum Studio. Sarum Studio Drawing. Week 2. Books & Websites. On A Study in Reflection. Brownh...
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Landscape Painting Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. Know yourself, know your colours. August 15, 2016. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Inspiration. Since finishing the school year at Sarum Studio at the end of June, things have been very quiet for me over the summer. Unfortunately there has been no getaway on the cards for us as we sadly have another sick…. Slad Valley, Laurie Lee Country. July 11, 2013. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Daily Painting. July 9, 2013.
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Sarum Studio Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. November 3, 2013. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Painting. First of all, I must take some better photos. I didn’t realise how fuzzy these were until I got them onto the computer. Anyway, the portrait of Andrew is the result of 10 sittings over two weeks at Sarum Studio…. October 27, 2013. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Fine Art. Sarum Studio, final week. September 8, 2013. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Painting.
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Painting books and websites recommended by Helen Davison
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. Books & Websites. Books & Websites. The following are some of the resources that I have found to be useful and inspirational in my artistic development. I don’t receive any commissions from the external websites I have linked to here, and my recommendations are based purely on my own personal opinion and experience. 8220;Cast Drawing” – Darren R. Rousar. Written by my teacher at Sarum Studio. 8220;The Pract...
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Still Life painting Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. More Doom (What’s Wrong With Me? September 16, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Painting. Another dark and doomy little painting from this dark and doomy summer! Actually, it wasn’t planned to be so miserable. It wasn’t planned at all. With little idea of what to paint, I looked over the still life shelves, filled…. Sunny Flowers on a Rainy Day. August 30, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Painting.
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Drawing Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. Trying to Keep things Sketchy. October 18, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Drawing. Here’s a relatively quick figure drawing (4 sessions) where I purposefully tried to keep things sketchy and dynamic, leaving marks in a rawer state without refining them too much. I want the proportions and characterisation of the pose to be…. Egon Schiele at The Courtauld Gallery. November 10, 2014. Middot; by Helen.
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William Nicholson Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. News, Gallery Visits, Exhibitions and more…. July 8, 2015. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Exhibitions. Well, it feels like a really long time since I posted very much at all. I have several new little nude studies and a couple of larger portraits to photograph and put online over the next few days, as well…. My Ashmolean Museum of Art treasures. April 8, 2014. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Fine Art. Here’...
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Portraiture Archives - Helen Davison Bradley
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Books & Websites. Materials & Suppliers. Portraiture, Still Life and Plein Air Landscape Painting. July 20, 2016. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Life Studies. Here is a recent life size portrait where I used a slightly smaller canvas than usual because I wanted the focus to be much more about just the head and shoulders. As the painting progressed I wasn’t sure if there…. L’amour est un oiseau rebelle. July 13, 2016. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Painting. July 3, 2016. Middot; by Helen. Middot; in Fine Art.
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