The Sunday Art Show - How to draw a cow head

This week, we draw a mixed media cow head using watercolour marker pens, a flat, clean, wet brush and some atelier interactive acrylic paint. After doing some gestural line work of the cow's head, the clean wet brush is dragged through the watercolour to create some tone. Next, I add some purple lines and follow this with acrylic highlights. Good fun to experiment with unusual colour combinations.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Seascape Painting

This week we return to the beautiful beach Widemouth bay in Cornwall for a ten minute en plein air mixed media seascape painting. Materials used: Watercolour paper (smooth finish), Winsor and Newton field easel, Winsor and Newton Watercolour marker pens, Winsor and Newton Watercolour paints, Derwent Inktense Blocks, Synthetic flat brushes (1 inch and half inch). Sitting on the sand, work in the open air, I begin having put a few loose lines down with the watercolour marker pen. Next, I block in a few areas of colour with the watercolour paint and follow this with applying the inktense blocks with directly and with a brush. The watercolour markers are used again for a few final lines. This was a really lovely few minutes, sitting in the warm autumn sun, looking out to sea and painting loosely and freely.

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a realistic black cat in acrylic

In this week's video demo I paint a black cat using Atelier interactive acrylics. Materials used: Daler-Rowney Mixed Media Paper (A3 size) Synthetic flat brushes (1 inch and half inch) Synthetic round brush (size 10) water sprayer Winsor and Newton watercolour marker (lamp black) Atelier interactive acrylics: cad red, cad yellow, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, titanium white Starting with a loose outline of the cat, sitting in the winter sun, created using the watercolour marker pen, I begin by blocking in the cat with a black created from burnt umber and ultramarine blue. Next, I add patches of copper and blue highlights and include a loose yellow and green background. The details of the cat's eyes and face are left to the end, all in, it took around 20 minutes painting time to create this acrylic study of a black cat sitting in the sun.

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a white goat in acrylic

This week, I do a goat painting demonstration in response to a viewer request. The materials I use are:
WHSmith Mixed media paper (A3)
Synthetic brushes: half in flat and a small round brush.
Atelier interactive acrylics: cadmium red, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, titanium white, burnt umber.
Water spray bottle
I also use the website wheeldecide.com to create a wheel of fortune and use it to decide which colour to use next throughout the video. This results in a slightly different look for this painting compared to my normal style, I really enjoyed using this technique to do a fresh style.
The finished painting is called 'Content with the view' - gestural impressionist painting of a white goat with horns standing in a field, with yellow hills in the background, against a blue sky looking off into the distance. Inspired by a goat in Somerset, England. This picture was created with interactive acrylic paint on mixed media paper and I actually used a wheel of fortune to select colours and the order I used them for the first two thirds of this painting. This resulted in subtly different colour combinations compared to my usual style. You can see the hi-res version of the painting here: click on the image to zoom in on a particular section.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein air painting in a secret arboretum

This week I explore a hidden arboretum in the village of Newton St Cyres in Devon and work on a loose en plein air study of the trees using: Winsor and Newton field easel Winsor and Newton watercolour markers Atelier interactive acrylics: cad red, cad yellow, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, burnt umber, magenta Synthetic flat brushes: half inch and 1 inch Daler Rowney mixed media art board A3 size Tucked away behind a picturesque English churchyard lies a hidden arboretum. Sitting on the grass, I work en plein air to create a loose impressionism style acrylic painting of the light playing across the trees and grass.

The Sunday Art Show - Using a wheel of fortune to choose colours used in a ballroom dancers Sharpie drawing

Have you ever let fate decide your creative direction? This week I use a wheel of fortune (www.wheeldecide.com) to select 3 colours from a range of Sharpie marker pens. Then I use this colour combination to create a drawing of a pair of ballroom dancers. I start out putting down some loose gestural lines to depict the energy and flow of the dance, next I refine lines with the second colour. Finally, I block in different sections of both male and female dancers using the third and second colours. Here are the materials I used: Daler-Rowney Mixed media paper Sharpie pens reference photo (royalty free) can be found here. see the high resolution version of my drawing here you can click on different sections of the image to see a magnified version of the art work. This is a fun little experiment that can lead to new creative avenues to explore!

The Sunday Art Show - en plein air surfer seascape painting

Materials used: Daler Rowney Mixed media art boards, Winsor and Newton field easel, Derwent Inktense blocks, Atelier interactive acrylics, winsor and newton watercolour marker pens.
This week I'm back at Fistral Beach in Cornwall creating an en plein air mixed media study of a surfer walking back up the beach from the sea. I start with inktense blocks to create a series of washes, switch to acrylics for the rest of the painting and add a few finishing touches with some watercolour markers. Check out the hi-res picture here (click on the image to enlarge a section) https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/surfer-walking-back-up-the-beach-at-fistral-beach-in-cornwall-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Simple step by step measuring proportions for animal art

Materials needed if you want to follow along: Photo of an animal of choice, paper or canvas, drawing medium of choice, 3 colours would be useful (I use a Sharpie pen in this video), a spare long-handled brush (or a stick would do). In this week's video, I demonstrate, with help from Exmouth Art Group, a simple two box method for quickly getting the proportions of animals accurate. Working on a drawing of a cow, I start by using the classic, thumb on brush measuring technique then transfer these measurements into drawing a well-proportioned box that will contain the whole animal. Next, I do the same style measurements for the head of the animal allowing me to draw a second box within the first. You can also see how this technique works for members of Exmouth Art Group who attended a workshop I ran on painting animals.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Watercolour Painting at Widemouth Bay in Cornwall

In this week's episode, I am sitting on the sand at Widemouth Bay beach in Cornwall painting an en plein air seascape using Winsor and Newton watercolour paint and synthetic brushes. Once I'm back home, I add a couple of finishing touches with some acrylic. Had great fun filming this on an unexpectedly hot and sunny October afternoon. Here's the link to the Chrissycanvasart youtube channel that I mention in the video: https://www.youtube.com/chrissycanvasart

Ten Minute Beaver Painting - Browns and blues brushed onto a beaver

In this beaver painting demo, I start with a very loose line drawing in blue watercolour marker and add a series of thin acrylic washes using atelier interactive acrylics to bring this beaver to life. The whiskers were added using blue biro pen. I was able to complete this little painting in just over ten minutes. If you want to check out the brush work in more detail then you can see the hi-res image here. for some of my recent beaver drawings check out these links: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/beaver-drawing-mike-jory.html and https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/beaver-sketch-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Ten Minute Alligator Drawing

Cartoon style alligator drawing created in about ten minutes using mixed media including acrylic paint markers (Liquitex), watercolour markers (winsor and newton), prolene marker pens and inktense blocks. Good fun to have a change of pace this week drawing this alligator head in cartoon style

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Landscape Painting

This week, I return to the banks of the River Exe to paint the scene that featured in a previous video in a looser style. If you would like to compare the 2 landscape paintings, then the previous version can be seen coming to life in this video: https://youtu.be/U7e4Ta9NLaE For both paintings I use Atelier interactive acrylic but for this one I also use watercolour markers for a couple of finishing touches.

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a pig in watercolour

Starting out with an outline of the pig in watercolour marker pen, I used large and small round brushes to add thin layers of watercolour paint to create, form, light and shadow on this pig. Finally, I add a few details to the face and head in this ten minute watercolour painting of a pig.

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint cows in watercolour

This week I use a simple line and wash technique to paint a herd of cows in watercolour. Each cow is outlined using watercolor marker pen, then a clean damp brush is used to create areas of tone.

The Sunday Art Show - Sheep and Lamb Painting

Posting this a day late due to a visit to Buckingham Palace, but the video did go up on Sunday (just) as usual :-) This week I paint an impressionism style flock of sheep and lambs using Atelier interactive acrylic paint in real time.

The Sunday Art Show - Twenty Minute Cow Painting

This week, it's a cow painting completed in about 20 minutes using interactive acrylic paint. Featuring a more subdued than usual colour palette, I move the paint around with brushes as normal but also use some paper towel to cover areas with soft variations of tone. If you'd like to zoom in on the brushwork of the high resolution version, then you can do so here

The Sunday Art Show - En plein air seascape - Sea Fret at Fistral

This week, I do a quick en plein air painting of a misty morning at the beach. Using Atelier interactive acrylics, working in the open air, I watch the waves roll in at Fistral Beach and paint the subtle colours in the morning mist over the water. This is just a quick study but captures some of the atmosphere of being at Fistral beach when there's a sea fret. See the hi-res pic here

The Sunday Art Show - Sheep head painting tutorial

This week, I go through a real-time acrylic painting of a sheep looking straight at you, mainly focusing on the head of the sheep. This time, I painted using a textural, impressionist style and also included a background landscape. If you want to get a closer look at the brush work, you can see the hi-res version of the painting here.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air River Painting - The River Exe in Devon

This week, I'm sat on the bank of the River Exe in Devon for a real time en plein air acrylic painting. Lots of different things to paint in this spot, hills, water, trees, reeds etc. Great fun being outside painting landscapes or riverscapes.

The Sunday Art Show - Black Cow in Landscape Painting

In this real time acrylic painting video I create a painting of a black cow lying down in amongst the heather and gorse up on Dartmoor in Devon. This landscape animal painting features impressionist style distant hills and plants along with a precisely painted cow. Using Atelier interactive acrylics throughout, this video has no soundtrack, so you can just sit back and enjoy the painting of this black cow come to life. This video acts as a tutorial for both landscape and animal paintings. 

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Seascape Paintings

This week, I'm back down at Fistral beach in Cornwall to do some en plein air paintings using acrylic. In this video, I go through a painting from start to finish in real time while sat on the beach and also chat about the other paintings I created on the same day. Had a brilliant time in the sunshine taking in the sea air! Hope you enjoy this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show.
See the hi res versions here: Painting 1, Painting 2, Painting 3, Painting 4 

The Sunday Art Show - Watercolour and acrylic - Deer painting - Perfectly Poised

This week it's a real time video of a mixed media, watercolour and acrylic painting of a deer with antlers standing with perfect graceful posture, alert yet relaxed in a woodland glade perhaps. Prussian blue watercolour marker was used to create a gestural line drawing of the deer, then more watercolour lines, dragged through with a clean wet brush introduced soft-edged patches of background colour. Next, acrylic paint was added to the deer to provide bold shadows, light and form in contrast to the gentler background. Hope you enjoy the creation of this vividly coloured, impressionist style deer painting.

Art Class in Sidmouth - Two Day Painting Workshop - Animals in action - How to paint cows sheep horses etc

This September I will be at Sidmouth, working with the East Devon Art Academy to deliver a two day art class, a drawing and painting workshop on painting animals in acrylic (but you can work in other media if you prefer!) Contact Cathy Osbond on 01395 516 284 for more details or see the poster below

 

The Sunday Art Show - Drawing Seagulls - En Plein Air

This week, I am down in Cornwall at Fistral beach when I notice a couple of seagulls have landed next to me. I quickly start on an en plein air, race against time as I sketch these birds with a combination of watercolour and acrylic. Filmed using a go pro style camera attached to my head, you can see what I saw at each stage of the drawing in this real time video.

The Sunday Art Show - More En Plein Air beach paintings

Sorry for the late-in-the-day post, been painting all day at the beach! This week’s episode continues from last week’s episode and features more en plein air beach paintings

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Painting - Standing in the sea

Had an amazing day at Dawlish Warren beach, painting en plein air the view across the water while standing in the sea. This was so enjoyable and relaxing, like having a 3 week holiday compressed into an afternoon! See the acrylic landscape / seascape painting come to life in real time! See the finished painting here

The Sunday Art Show - Herd of cows drawing tutorial - purple cows on a bag

Forgot to publish this last week! In this week's episode, I use mixed media to draw a herd of friesian cows. However, these are rather unusual in that I depict them with bright purple! Starting with a prussian blue acrylic paint marker, I do some loose gestural drawing to place the cows in the field, letting the lines freely wander to create a sense of movement and expression. Next, a mauve watercolour marker is used to block in the dark areas of each cow. Following this, a wet but clean flat brush is lightly dragged through the purple patches to create more subtle shadows and areas of texture. Finally, I preview the design on a tote bag.
Check out a hi resolution image here (click the pic after the link for hi res close up) https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/purple-friesian-holstein-cows-drawing-mike-jory.html
Check out the bag here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/purple-friesian-holstein-cows-drawing-mike-jory.html?product=weekender-totebag

The Sunday Art Show - English beach scene painting tutorial - real time video

This week, I take a visit to Sidmouth on the south coast of Devon, England and use the view to inspire an English beach scene panting tutorial. This real time video of how to paint a coastal scene uses a combination of watercolor marker pens and atelier interactive acrylics to create a vibrant Devon beach scene featuring red cliffs, purple and blue sea, wet sand and a few people walking along the beach. Finally, I show 3 different ways to frame the same painting. You can check out the 3 different versions here (click on the image for a high resolution close-up of the brushwork)
panoramic version:
square version:
tall and narrow version:

The Sunday Art Show Cow Painting Tutorial Mixed Media Experiment

This week, I try a mixed media experiment to draw a friesian cow using watercolour marker pens, then take a clean wet brush to move the paint around, spray the paint with water to create effects, then use interactive acrylic paint to fill in the background and put some highlights on the cow. See you next week, for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

The Sunday Art Show - Sheep & Landscape painting tutorial - lying down in the English countryside

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show, I use Atelier Interactive acrylics to paint a sheep lying down in the English countryside. Inspired by a flock on the edge of Exeter in Devon, thin washes are used to suggest background hills and hedgerows, then thicker paint is used for the foreground grass and sheep that includes a wider range of colours and textures. See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show! :-)

The Sunday Art Show - 10 minute sheep painting - mixed media experiment

In this episode of the Sunday Art Show, I spend about ten minutes experimenting with a combination of alcohol based marker pen, acrylic paint and acrylic paint markers to create a painting (or drawing) of a sheep in bright sun light.

The Sunday Art Show - 10 minute landscape painting - English countryside

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show, I work on a quick ten minute painting to capture some hills, trees and hedges in acrylic. Really enjoying the challenge of these quick ten minute studies, I hope to use a more considered version of this composition in the near future for a landscape painting based on the countryside near Exeter, maybe with a few sheep in the bottom left of frame and a few up on the distant hill.

The Sunday Art Show - Oak Tree Painting Tutorial - Real Time

In this week's the Sunday Art Show, I demonstrate how to paint an oak tree using acrylic paint. This oak tree painting tutorial uses conventional acrylic paint first, then this is over-painted with atelier interactive acrylic paint and a variety of brush strokes, mark making and blending techniques. You can also see some close-ups of the painting below. See you next week for the next episode of The Sunday Art Show

The Sunday Art Show - Ten Minute Painting Landscape Real Time - English Countryside

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show,  I use acrylic paint to capture a typical English countryside scene in this ten minute painting demonstration. Vibrant colours and gestural brush strokes are used to  capture the hills, fields, hedges and trees of the Devon countryside in this real time landscape tutorial. Hope to see you next Sunday, for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show:

The Sunday Art Show - Ten Minute Landscape Painting Real Time

Today, I paint a real time ten minute landscape painting that is inspired by the view of the River Exe from the end of Dawlish Warren beach. I sketched in a few lines while standing on the Devon sand and enjoying the sunshine. Then, back at the studio and working from memory, I use Atelier interactive acrylics to quickly create a scene of a boat on calm blue water with rolling hills in the distance. See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

The Sunday Art Show - How to draw a lamb in ten minutes using marker pens

In the latest episode of the Sunday Art Show, I demonstrate, in real time, how to draw a lamb in about ten minutes using Spectrum Noir alcohol based marker pens. (New episode next Sunday)

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a pig in acrylics tutorial

The Sunday Art Show: In this real time animal painting video tutorial, I begin with a blob of blue interactive acrylic paint in the middle of the paper and then, with a spray of water and a flat brush, start to move this around on the page to demonstrate how to paint a pig. This is another ten minute painting challenge, a really good way to emphasise efficiency of painting technique and an opportunity to experiment with new colours and techniques. See more of my work at http://www..mikejory.co.uk

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a sheep in ten minutes using acrylic paint markers and interactive acrylic paint

In this episode of the Sunday Art Show: A real time ten minute acrylic sheep painting tutorial. I begin with some loose line drawing of the sheep using a big acrylic paint marker pen and then complete the painting using atelier interactive acrylics and expressive, impressionist style brush work. This video demonstrates how to paint a sheep in just a few minutes but you can check out more detailed sheep paintings and drawings here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/collections/sheep+paintings
See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show!

The Sunday Art Show - How to paint a cow in ten minutes - real time video tutorial

How to paint a cow in about ten minutes. A new episode of the Sunday Art Show: This 10 minute ish video tutorial demonstrates how to paint a cow (side view) using acrylic paint in real time. I use the easy to blend, atelier interactive acrylics and start depicting this classic farm animal by blocking in the mass of the head and body very loosely, no line work. The finished acrylic painting shows this brown and white cow walking along through a green field with a cobalt blue background. Join me next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

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The Sunday Art Show - How to Paint a Sheep in Ten Minutes

In this video, I create a vibrantly coloured acrylic painting of a sheep in about 10 minutes using atelier interactive acrylics. The great thing about the ten minute painting challenge is that is forces you to work quickly and efficiently and really examine your own technique. For this sheep, I used some ultramarine and cobalt blues, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, burnt umber and titanium white. So, if you want to know how to paint a sheep quickly, this sheep painting tutorial may be for you.

The Sunday Art Show - Sketchbook reviewing the use of red and gold Liquitex acrylic paint markers

I start this video by showing an example of my typical painting style with a picture of a belted galloway cow. Then I talk through a quick tour of my recent drawing and sketching using Liquitex acrylic paint markers. A range of subjects are explored, landscapes, seascapes, cities, still life, dancers and even a cow but all using a red and gold colour scheme. These Red And Gold Experiments are a good example of how I periodically move away from my habitual work patterns to find new techniques. (See you next Sunday for a 10 minute Real-Time Lamb Drawing Tutorial)

10 Minute Sheep Drawing Tutorial - Real Time on this week's The Sunday Art Show

I've been trying out the Spectrum Noir alcohol-based blendable marker pens of late and in this video I start by briefly chatting about a 10 minute drawing of a sheep I completed recently and then move on to a real time ten minute drawing tutorial of the same sheep but on a bigger scale.