Sardine Art

Plein air oil of a castle in Reigate, with artist friend Steve. #artistsoninstagram #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fromlife #landscapepainting

Ellie, 2 hours at Chertsey artists. Charcoal and chalk on grey paper. #artistsoninstagram #figurativeart #portrait #charcoal #fromlife #lifedrawing #monochromatic

Towards Harry Rocks, Studland. Oil on board. #artistsoninstagram #pleinair #oilpainting #beach #landscapepainting

Seaweed on the beach. Oil on board. Studland, Dorset #artistsoninstagram #landscapepainting #pleinair #oilpainting #beach #knollbeach #studland

Grey and wet day plein air painting on Knoll Beach, Dorset. Oil on canvas board. #artistsoninstagram #landscapepainting #beach #oldharryrocks #oilpainting #pleinair

How to create a plein air easel using a cigar box - blog post now on my website SardineArt.com #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #artblog #diy

Oil painting of a Bengal called Rumtum, from a photo. I’ve written a blog about painting this on my website SardineArt.com #artistsoninstagram #cat #catart #bengalcat #oilpainting #animalart #catsoninstagram #catsofinstagram

Sketch of Rachel. Pastel pencils on Pastelmat. #artistsoninstagram #pastelpencils #portrait #fromlife #drawing

Stourhead (National Trust garden), one of my favourite places in the world. Graphite on paper, en plein air!#artistsoninstagram #stourhead #nationaltrust #enpleinair #drawing #pencildrawing #landscapedrawing #bridges

Christened my new (to me) pochard box with a little oil landscape of beach @ the Hive Beach Cafe at Burton Bradstock, Dorset. (Thx Lisa !) #artistsoninstagram #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #landscape #beach #hivebeachcafe

I’m in Dorset by the seaside, and what do I draw ? A vegetable... who knew it would be so hard ?! Romanesco cauliflower. #artistsoninstagram #stilllifedrawing #stilllife #drawing #sketch #blackandwhite #graphitedrawing

Trying to draw Nick while he’s still awake! Charcoal on grey paper, and a second one with pastel pencils on Pastelmat. #artistsoninstagram #figurativeart #sketch #fromlife #lifedrawing #portrait #portraitdrawing

Ellie with feet up. Pastel pencils on grey paper. #artistsoninstagram #portrait #figurativeart #pastel #fromlife #lifedrawing #sketch

Been making a munsell colour neutral values scale, and painting cubes for further still life study. #loveart #michaelharding #oilpaints #munsellcolor #stilllife

Ali - complete. Oil on canvas board. #artistsoninstagram #portraiture #oilpainting #fromlife #painting #loveart #figurativeart

Faceless (as yet) Ali. 2 hours into a portrait. Oil on board. #artistsoninstagram #figurativeart #artist #portrait #oilpainting #fromlife #painting

Couple of drawings from the interesting online live life drawing at the RA tonight. There was a real horse in the old historic life room ! #lifedrawinglive #royalacademy #fromlife #horseart #figurativeart #drawing

My latest post on Katzenworld:
https://katzenworld.co.uk/…/…/22/frid ay-art-cat-two-ragdolls