Tag: Portrait
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Invincible
The Fulbridge Academy Sports Hall Project September ’17 Soon after the start of the 2017/18 football season and I’m working at Fulbridge Academy again. I’m both honoured and excited to be given another opportunity to paint on a monumental scale and this time I’m in the Main Hall (now renamed as Looney Tune Land). This…
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Walk All Over You
Gladiator Mural (Part 3) at Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester 31.5 – 8.6.17 ‘Don’t stop until you are proud’ The third and final part of the ‘Gladiator’ project was to be painted on the floor. Physically, painting large walls is always a challenge. Painting ceilings is even more onerous, there is no escape from the…
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Gladiator Mural (Parts 1&2) at Rowlatts Hill Primary Academy, Leicester 20.2 – 5.5.17 Hard on the heels of the ‘Once Upon A Time‘ mural, my brief for this follow-on project was to transform the appearance of a fairly narrow and very busy corridor and create a taste of Tuscany, a landscape filled with grapevines and…
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Thank You For The Music
The Fulbridge Academy Music Room Project – The Cavern………. 4.1 – 10.6.16 The BriefI know I’ve said this before, and I’m certain I will say it again, but this was a most demanding and challenging project, perhaps the most complex and involved mural proposal I’ve been involved with. Even before I’d completed the Fulbridge ‘Sistine…
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My Hero
The ‘Casablanca’ Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary School, Leicester 16.11 – 4.12.15 Why ‘The Casablanca Mural’? Humphrey Bogart famously said in the last line of that movie, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”, and I looked upon my invitation to work with Rowlatts Hill Primary School in Leicester in the…
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Funny Face
‘The BFG’ Image making workshops at Warmington School 9.3.15 A different musical choice to add to my Blog Title Soundtracks page, but perhaps not a surprise to anyone who knows me either. I’ve always admired Fred Astaire, he was a class act. The song title selection however couldn’t be more appropriate. It’s been another day of…
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Shakin’ All Over
Image making workshops at the Fulbridge Academy – Pirates! 14.7.14 Shiver me timbers! It was back to the good ship ‘Fulbridge Academy’ this morning to lead the second of two portrait themed workshops. However the approach today had a distinct contrast with the previous session. To begin with the day had a Pirate theme and…
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All or Nothing
Image making workshops at the Fulbridge Academy – Portrait 3.7.14 Another workshop, this time at the Fulbridge Academy working with children from year 3 & 4 thanks to an invitation from Rebecca Lockert. The first of two workshops having ‘Portrait’ as their theme, with this one presenting the subject formally and proportion being a priority.…
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Smile Like You Mean It
Portrait Drawing at the National Gallery 2 January 2014 A visit to the National Gallery, with notebook and pencil. A day spent learning from the Masters to improve concentration, the discipline of looking and the nerve of working in a public space. With drawing, there’s no hiding place. (See also ‘Unforgettable’ – notebook drawings of…