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Category: Blog
Greetings from Graaff Reinet!
Hello there from a sunny and warm Graaff Reinet. It couldn’t be more different here today than the day we packed up and the morning we left from Stanford. We packed a 4-metre long trailer with pretty much everything we own while it hailed and rained on the Sunday. The next morning, with a cat…
Value Studies
Why value studies are such an important part of my process. Value, put simply, is how light or how dark something is. It’s one of the most important elements of art, in my opinion. It took me quite some time to really understand why a value study is so important. Getting the values right gives…
Inspiration
How I find inspiration, and on working en plein air. I live in a BIG dramatic landscape that includes the Kleinrivier (Little River), Kleinriviersberg (Little River Mountain) and Akkedisberg (Lizard Mountain), abundant Fynbos flora, the leafy historic village of Stanford, many farms (some with forests), a coastline, a lagoon, wetlands and a few precious Milkwood…
The Process: Across the River
The full process from pencil sketch to oil original painting in the studio.