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miketoddart : blog: Midlands Open 2011
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Friday, 18 November 2011. I've had a painting selected for the Midlands Open 2011 held at the Tarpey Gallery. I was tempted into buying a small study by Jackie Berridge. Whose work I find both intriguing and playful. This painting is entitled 'Birds of a Feather' (see below) also on her website as 'Lovebirds'. I think I'll know it as Spring Fever. The exhibition is on until Christmas eve, so there is no excuse for not seeing it and buying some unique Christmas presents to support Midland's artists.
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miketoddart : blog: Life class drawing
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Sunday, 4 December 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My main art website. Degas and the ballet. Follow me on Twitter. To go to my photograph gallery on Flickr. View my complete profile.
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miketoddart : blog: Degas and the ballet
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Friday, 2 December 2011. Degas and the ballet. I visited the Degas and the Ballet exhibition at the Royal Academy in London at the weekend. It was interesting to see Degas' style change towards more muscular and dynamic poses. I drew the sketch below in the gallery from a sculpture - it was near closing time so it was a bit quieter. I finished it on the coach home. I think I've captured something that was in the original. Click to zoom. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My main art website.
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miketoddart : blog: August 2011
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Saturday, 27 August 2011. Conte crayons and exhibition. After my last blogpost I couldn't resist buying these Conte carres. Box of 12 'portrait' colours on offer at Colemans at the moment (£8.99). They look nice in the box, however I might break them up to use on their side. No-one ever regretted buying art! Saturday, 13 August 2011. The second is a more conventional charcoal portrait on off-white paper (cream Ingres paper pre-prepared using Sepia ink wash). Friday, 5 August 2011. My main art website.
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miketoddart : blog: June 2011
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Sunday, 19 June 2011. Spent an enjoyable couple of hours drawing in the Voodoo Lounge cellar bar at Mama Liz's in Stamford. Thanks to the models - great fun. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My main art website. Follow me on Twitter. To go to my photograph gallery on Flickr. View my complete profile.
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miketoddart : blog: May 2011
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Tuesday, 24 May 2011. Commission - Jokulsarlon glacier lake. Jokulsarlon landscape, oil on canvas board, (c) Mike Todd 2011. Please contact me if you are interested in commissioning work. Saturday, 14 May 2011. New painting - garlic bulbs. Yet another new painting completed. I feel a bit self-conscious at the supermarket when going through the vegetable section looking for interesting subjects to paint. Each bulb is an individual! Four garlic bulbs, Oil on Dibond, 150mm x 300m, (c) Mike Todd 2011. Just c...
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miketoddart : blog: November 2011
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Friday, 18 November 2011. I've had a painting selected for the Midlands Open 2011 held at the Tarpey Gallery. I was tempted into buying a small study by Jackie Berridge. Whose work I find both intriguing and playful. This painting is entitled 'Birds of a Feather' (see below) also on her website as 'Lovebirds'. I think I'll know it as Spring Fever. The exhibition is on until Christmas eve, so there is no excuse for not seeing it and buying some unique Christmas presents to support Midland's artists.
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miketoddart : blog: Three new paintings
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Sunday, 4 December 2011. Within Swans of Oakham. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My main art website. Degas and the ballet. Follow me on Twitter. To go to my photograph gallery on Flickr. View my complete profile.
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miketoddart : blog: July 2011
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Sunday, 31 July 2011. The Four Humours Series. Completed a series of oil paintings based on the 'Four Humours' temperamental categories named by Galen as "sanguine", "melancholic", "choleric" and "phlegmatic" after the bodily humours. These humours are traditionally associated with the colours Red, Black, Yellow and Blue respectively. The general idea is that personalities should be balanced, or at least avoid extremes. My natural inclination is towards the Phlegmatic. C) Mike Todd 2011. C) Mike Todd 2011.