Tag: Painting
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Roots to Branches 7
24.1.13 All 7 sections have now received two coats of primer applied by brush and are prepared for a base coat of emulsion. I’ll relieve the monotony tomorrow by using a roller! The same boards – but not necessarily in the same order!
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Roots to Branches 6
22.1.13 Not only is it a scene of white outside, it’s white inside too. View outside studio. View inside studio
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Roots to Branches 5
21.1.13 Drying time is an awkward and time consuming part of the process but there are other things to be done before I begin the task of drawing in the design. One job has been to prepare a plan to assist the transfer from drawing board to plywood sections. Some adjustments were needed to prevent…
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Roots to Branches 4
18.1.13 With rough edges sanded, the boards are ready for the first coat of white primer to be painted.
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Roots to Branches 3
17.1.13 Last weekend I paid a visit to Fulbridge School with Henri to measure the entrance one last time, I needed to give myself peace of mind I had the correct figures for the size of the gable. Recently I’ve had a recurring dream that the panels are painted and ready to be secured in…
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Roots to Branches 2
The Fulbridge Entrance project is underway. Not that anything is painted yet, but a space has been cleared to accommodate it. The dimensions of the painting will be 72 x 420″, my studio floor measures 220 x 174″. It’s going to be a challenge, like playing a game of chess with very large pieces. I’ll…
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Roots to Branches
A new year, another bigger picture project. It was suggested toward the end of last year by Iain Erskine, Head of Fulbridge School, Peterborough. ‘I’ve a job I’d like you to think about,’ he said, ‘for the gable over the front entrance’. I’ve painted gable ends before but never within the confines of a triangle,…
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Every Picture Tells a Story………..Don’t It
Patience is a Virtue – Part 2 Earlier this year I found my name mentioned on the Coventry University website. Film footage of Lanchester Polytechnic had been found in the Media Archive for Central England (MACE) and a request was made asking for anyone who had knowledge of the films to get in touch. The…
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Wonderwall
Patience is a Virtue – Part 1 To accompany the article published in the Autumn edition of Evolve, the magazine for Friends of Coventry University, I have reproduced my diary pages relating to the project with relevant photographs. Apologies therefore for poor grammar, repetitions etc but it has been transcribed as it was written in…