The Sunday Art Show - Brown European Quail painting

This week I show you how to create a painting of a brown european quail using mixed media, see the hi-res version here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/colorful-quail-bird-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: A4 mixed media Daler Rowney paper Sharpie marker pen (black) inktense travel set flat synthetic half-inch-wide water brush

The Sunday Art Show - Urban sketch of people in cafe using inktense travel set

This week I create a mixed media urban sketch "Cafe Life" that you can see in hi-res here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/people-in-cafe-with-red-cups-sketch-mike-jory.html Location: corner of a supermarket cafe Materials used: clairefontaine mixed media paper, inktense travel set, brown sharpie marker pen

The Sunday Art Show - Surreal sheep in the clouds painting

"Sheep in the Sky" see the hi-res image here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-in-cloudy-sky-surreal-impressionist-painting-mike-jory.html see the surreal cow paintings here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-under-blue-sky-with-clouds-mike-jory.html and here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-purple-cloudy-sky-painting-mike-jory.html In this week's video, I show you how to use loose and lively watercolour combined with impressionist acrylic painting to create a surreal skyscape of sheep amongst the clouds. Materials used: Winsor and Newton professional watercolour: alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, french ultramarine, burnt umber Atelier interactive acrylics: alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, french ultramarine, burnt umber, titanium white Synthetic brushes (rounds and flats) Daler Rowney mixed media paper A2 Water spray bottle

The Sunday Art Show - Festive Season Christmas Shoppers Painting

This week's video is inspired by the festive season and Christmas shopper in Exeter. see the finished painting "Christmas on Queen Street" here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/christmas-shopping-in-queen-street-exeter-mike-jory.html Materials used: Canvas with smooth finish, Synthetic brushes, atelier interactive acrylics: titanium white, ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow light, burnt umber

The Sunday Art Show - Reindeer loose and lively watercolor painting with no pencil drawing

A bit late posting this blog, but here are details of the video that went up on the channel on Sunday. This week, I take you through painting a reindeer in watercolour with no initial pencil drawing and a loose and lively style of brushwork. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/reindeer-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: Daler Rowney mixed media paper (A2), artdiscount.co.uk synthetic watercolour brushes, Winsor and Newton professional watercolours (alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, naples yellow, neutral tint)

The Sunday Art Show - Loose and lively sheep and autumn landscape painting

In this week's Sunday Art Show, I show you how to create a painting of a sheep in an autumn landscape using watercolour and interactive acrylic. You can see the finished painting in hi-res here:
https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-in-autumn-landscape-mike-jory.html
You can find a gallery of sheep paintings and drawings here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/collections/sheep+paintings
The sheep inspiration came from a visit to the flock at Powderham castle in the summer. The trees were inspired by some bright orange foliage in a car park in Exeter. I use loose washes and lots of different ways of applying the paint to create the finished sheep and landscape painting.
Materials used: 7B pencil, Winsor and Newton Watercolour Set (Cotman), Synthetic round and flat brushes, Daler-Rowney mixed media paper, Atelier interactive acrylics (titanium white, burnt umber, cadmium yellow deep, alizarin crimson, french ultramarine)

The Sunday Art Show - Visit to the South West Academy of Arts Open Exhibition 2019

This week, I show you an overview of an amazing exhibition of artwork by a range of the region's top painters and sculptors. Each year, the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts holds an open exhibition. This year, 2019, the open exhibition is being held at Exeter Castle, it runs until 23rd Nov and is open 10am to 430pm daily. Entry to the exhibition is free. If you like to check out the online catalogue of artwork on display then click this link to go to the SWAc website: https://www.southwestacademy.org.uk/open-2019-online-catalogue

The Sunday Art Show - street protest watercolour painting

In this week's video, I show you how to create a loose and lively watercolour painting of a crowd of people walking through a city street. My crowd happen to be protesting against climate change but the techniques apply to any group of people. You can see the finished painting "Time to stop" (prints are also available to buy) here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/street-protest-in-exeter-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html
materials used: daler-rowney mixed media paper, ball point pen (brown), Winsor and Newton watercolours (ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, ivory black, lemon yellow, alizarin crimson), synthetic brushes: rounds and flats

The Sunday Art Show - Exeter Cathedral Watercolour Painting

This week's video is all about watercolour painting. I show you, step by step, how I created "Autumn at Exeter Cathedral" see the finished painting or buy a print etc here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/exeter-cathedral-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html
Starting with a very simple line drawing that only includes basic shapes, I take a loose and lively approach to painting Exeter Cathedral in watercolour. Thin washes are applied first, then some quick gestural brushwork is used to pick out details here and there and create a variety of textures. I move trees around to create a better composition for this large building in the county town of Devon, work in an impressionist style, keeping things simple but effective and always maintaining a sense of space and light. Materials used:
Flat and round synthetic brushes, A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper, Winsor and Newton watercolours: Burnt umber, french ultramarine, cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson. Also used a little bit of atelier interactive acrylic at the end: titanium white, alizarin crimson, french ultramarine. Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pen turquoise

The Sunday Art Show - Stag with antlers and landscape painting demo

This week, I show you how to combine wet-in-wet watercolour style painting techniques with more traditional acrylic methods, using interactive acrylic for both, to create a painting of a stag with antlers in the English countryside. The finished painting "In My Prime" can be seen in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/stag-with-antlers-in-landscape-painting-mike-jory.html
Materials: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper, Winsor & Newton Watercolour marker (cerulean blue), synthetic brushes (flat and round), atelier interactive acrylics: permanent alizarin, french ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow deep, cadmium yellow light, burnt umber, titanium white

The Sunday Art Show - Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 behind the scenes

In this week's video, I show you a behind the scenes peak at being a wild card artist on Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - episode 1 - Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth.
You can see a hi-res version of my painting "Drake's Island after the Storm" here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/drakes-island-plymouth-devon-mike-jory.html
If you want to check out Rob Wilson's website, you can find that here: www.robwilsonart.co.uk
I start out by briefly going through the application process for the competition, then I describe my day, from being filmed, to painting en plein air, meeting famous artists and battling with rain storms. There were lots of possible subjects to paint, including battleships, sail boats, stormy skies, the sea, a lighthouse, grand buildings etc. I elected to paint the view across the water of Drakes Island. All in all, I had a fantastic day! Hope you enjoy the video.

The Sunday Art Show - pumpkin and carnival squash still life painting

'Autumn sunshine' see the hi-res version of the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pumpkin-carnival-squash-and-autumn-leaves-still-life-painting-mike-jory.html
This still life painting of orange and blue pumpkins nestled against carnival squash on a bed of fallen autumn leaves was created using interactive acrylic on canvas. Materials used:
Atelier interactive acrylic: permanent alizarin, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light, titanium white, burnt umber, 20"x15" primed smooth canvas, synthetic flat and round brushes.

The Sunday Art Show - how to paint a hen

'Dominique in the sunlight' see the finished painting in hi-res here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/dominique-dominicker-hen-chicken-pilgrim-fowl-painting-mike-jory.html
This week, I show you how to create an acrylic painting of a dominiker hen also known as a dominique or pilgrim fowl. These black and white feathered chickens actually have quite a few subtle colours in their plumage that I've tried to capture. I used interactive acrylics for this chicken painting and this allowed me to readily apply thin watercolor-like washes and thicker layers to dinstinguish between bird and background.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney A2 mixed media paper, Atelier interactive acrylics: alizarin crimson, french ultramarine, cadmium yellow light, burnt umber, carbon black, titanium white, synthetic brushes (half inch and one inch flats, small round brush), water spray bottle

Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2019

Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to take place in the Plymouth heat of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 TV show. In the photo below, you can see acclaimed artist and judge, Tai Shan Schierenberg taking a look at my sketchbook. The episode airs on 15th October, not sure if I'll appear on screen but had an amazing day. I'll be posting a little behind the scenes video in the near future :-)

I'm taking part in this year's Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year!

This year, I took part in the Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 TV show, the episodes start airing soon, here's the trailer...

Landscape Artist 2019 Promo for Social Media from Storyvault Films on Vimeo.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein air watercolour cows and landscape painting

A bit late with the blog post this week, but here's the video that went up on the channel on Sunday
"Rust Reds at Rest" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here
https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/four-red-poll-cattle-lying-down-in-field-watercolour-landscape-cow-en-plein-air-painting-mike-jory.html
This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in  landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust red cattle, Red Poll breed were found in a field near Starcross in Devon.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper A4, black sharpie pen, Winsor & Newton watercolour set, round and flat synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton field easel

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Watercolour Paintings of Budleigh Salterton in Devon

This week, I show you how I created 2 en plein air watercolour paintings of the red cliffs and beach at Budleigh Salterton in Devon. I also show you two other en plein air beach paintings featuring people and the view of this south coast of England beach looking in the opposite direction. You can see the finished paintings here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/collections/coastal+rivers materials used: A3 Daler Rowney mixed media board and A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolour paints set Sharpie marker pen Round and flat synthetic brushes Water from the English Channel! :-)

The Sunday Art Show - Belted galloway cows with stormy sky painting - stepping back into the slightly surreal

This week, I show you how to paint three belted galloway cattle against a purple, stormy sky using interactive acrylics.
See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-purple-cloudy-sky-painting-mike-jory.html
Materials used:
A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper
Atelier interactive acrylics: Permanent Alizarin, Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Titanium White, Carbon black.
Synthetic flat and round brushes

Five minute pelican drawing - episode P - Animal alphabet challenge

In this video, I show you how to draw a pelican in about five minutes or so. You can
see the high res drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pelican-drawing-mike-jory.html This is episode P of the animal alphabet challenge, I use a sharpie marker pen and a wide range of mark making to capture the quirkiness and poise of this large-billed pelican bird standing in the sun.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air River Exe at Topsham watercolour painting

In this video, I show you some watercolour techniques that allow me to paint a river scene including a distant landscape and boats on the water in about 30 minutes. The finished painting 'Summer evening on the River Exe' can be seen in high resolution here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sailing-on-the-river-exe-at-topsham-watercolour-painting-en-plein-air-mike-jory.html
Working en plein air, I use a combination of watercolor washes applied with a brush and some line work using a watercolour marker pen to quickly create a range of effects and textures.
Materials used:
Winsor and Newton field easel
Daler Rowney mixed media board (A3)
Winsor and Newton watercolour (cotman set)
Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pens
Synthetic brushes (1/4 inch flat and size 16 round)

Five minute ostrich drawing - Animal Alphabet Challenge - Episode O

This week, we are up to episode O of the Animal Alphabet Challenge and I use the usual Sharpie marker pen and mixed media paper to create five minute (or thereabouts) drawing of an ostrich. You can see the hi res version of the drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/ostrich-drawing-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Quick and loose cows and landscape en plein air painting using watercolour and sharpie

"Resting Rusties" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/two-red-poll-cows-lying-down-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in  landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust red cattle, Red Poll breed were found in a field near Starcross in Devon.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper A4, black sharpie pen, Winsor & Newton watercolour set, round and flat synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton field easel

ten minute numbat drawing - animal alphabet challenge - episode N - noombat walpurti

In this video, I show you how to draw a numbat in about ten minutes using a sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper. You can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/numbat-noombat-walpurti-drawing-mike-jory.html The numbat, a small striped creature with a pointed snout and squirrel like tail is native to Australia and also known as a noombat or walpurt. This is episode N of the Animal Alphabet Challenge.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Horse and Landscape Painting

In this week's video, I show you how to paint a horse and landscape painting while working en plein air. This is 'Grazing the day away' - you can see the full painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/horse-grazing-in-devon-landscape-en-plein-air-painting-mike-jory.html I begin with a simple, gestural sketch using a sharpie pen and A4 mixed media paper. Then, I add colour to the scene of a horse grazing against a Devon landscape of rolling hills, fields, hedges and trees using interactive acrylics. Next, I go through a few different horse sketches and finally complete the painting with watercolour marker pens.
Materials: A4 Daler-Rowney mixed media pad, Sharpie marker pen (black), Atelier interactive acrylics (permanent alizarin, phthalo blue, carbon black, titanium white, cadmium yellow deep, cadmium yellow light), flat and round synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pens (burnt umber and cobalt blue)

Ten minute magpie drawing - episode M - Animal Alphabet Challenge

This week, I draw a magpie in about ten minutes, you can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/magpie-drawing-black-and-white-bird-illustration-mike-jory.html This is episode M of the Animal Alphabet Challenge in which I use a sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper to sketch this black and white bird using loose line work. Then I use a combination of hash marks, dots and expressive mark  making to finish this drawing of a magpie.

En Plein Air Cow Painting - The Sunday Art Show - Rust Red Poll Steer in a Devon field

In this week's video, I show you how I go about creating colour painting sketches in an impressionist style using a herd of cows as my subject. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/rust-red-poll-cows-two-steer-impressionism-en-plein-air-sketch-painting-mike-jory.html Working en plein air at the edge of a field in Devon, these rust red coloured steer were considerate enough to gather next to the fence to see what I was doing. I start sketching with a black sharpie marker pen on A4 mixed media paper to quickly and loosely define the outlines of a couple of the cattle. Having got the basic drawing in place, I then use interactive acrylics to apply washes of colour to capture the sense of light in the sky and the colours of the distant hedgerow, trees and field. Next, I paint the two cattle using a wash of mid-tone, some deeper shadows and then deep blue highlights. The final sketch painting of the two cows is left without any further detail to give the viewer an impressionism style picture of the scene.

Five minute llama drawing - animal alphabet challenge - episode L

In this video I show you how to draw a llama in about 5 minutes using a black sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper. Starting with sweeping gestural lines, I draw a simplified version of the llama and then add some shadows and texture lines. The finished illustration depicts the llama walking towards the viewer
See the drawing in detail here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/llama-walking-drawing-mike-jory.html
This is episode L of the Animal Alphabet Challenge.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Harbour Painting - Cockwood Harbour in Devon

I often drive past Cockwood Harbour and it's rare to see it full of water. This day though, the tide was high so I took the opportunity to do some en plein air painting of the boats floating on the water in this little harbour near Starcross in Devon. As I paint away in the open air, using Daler Rowney mixed media board, Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pen, Atelier interactive acrylics and synthetic flat and round brushes,  cars, cyclists, joggers, ducks and trains pass by! You can see the finished painting here:
https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/cockwood-harbour-near-starcross-in-devon-painting-mike-jory.html

Five Minute Kangaroo Drawing - Animal Alphabet Challenge - Episode K

In this video, I show you how to create a drawing of a kangaroo in around five minutes. You can see the finished drawing here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/kangaroo-drawing-mike-jory.html
Using A4 mixed media paper and a black sharpie marker pen, I start with some broken line work to establish the outline of the kangaroo. Next, some selective shadows are added and finally, a few flourishes of line to place the kangaroo in long grass. This is episode K of the animal alphabet challenge.

Belted Galloway Cows under Cloudy Sky Painting

In this week's Sunday Art Show, I paint a herd of belted galloway cows under a colourful, cloudy sky. You can see the finished painting "Belties Beyond The Sky" here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-under-blue-sky-with-clouds-mike-jory.html
I begin with using a range of brushstrokes and Atelier interactive acrylics (titanium white, permanent alizarine, cerulean blue, phthalo blue, burnt umber, cadmium yellow light, carbon black) to create a blue sky on A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper. The sky was inspired by a few clouds viewed from my living room window but I made the painted version more vibrant and dramatic. Once the sky was dry, I used a Winsor & Newton Watercolour Marker pen (Payne's Grey) to outline a herd of seven belted galloway cattle. Drawing all done, I use a series of greys created by simply mixing carbon black and titanium white acrylic to block in the cows. Finally, I add some subdued purple violet highlights to the lead animal using a colour that I'd previously mixed for the purple clouds. Hope you enjoy this episode, see you next Sunday!

how to draw a jaguar head - animal alphabet challenge - episode J

In this video, I demonstrate how to draw a jaguar using a sharpie pen and some mixed media paper. Starting with loose line work, I then add some tone and then put the pattern down on top. This is episode J of the Animal Alphabet Challenge.
See the drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/jaguar-drawing-black-and-white-big-cat-illustration-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Wild horse and foal painting demo

In this week's video, I show you how to paint a horse and foal using interactive acrylic paint. This demo starts with an A2 sheet of mixed media paper and a pre-prepared outline drawing that I did with a burnt umber acrylic paint marker. Next I add a couple of wet in wet washes of acrylic paint to create a soft textured background. Following completion of the background, I show you how I approach painting the horse and foal using wet in wet techniques.
Materials used: Daler Rowney mixed media paper, Liquitex acrylic paint marker, flat and round synthetic acrylic brushes, Atelier interactive acrylics: titanium white, permanent alizarine, phthalo blue, cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow deep, burnt umber, water spray
You can see the finished painting in close up (just click on the image after following the link) here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/horse-and-foal-painting-mother-and-child-on-dartmoor-mike-jory.html

different ways to draw impalas - animal alphabet challenge - episode i

This week, I show you a few different ways to draw an impala. Using a sharpie marker pen and some mixed media paper, I start with a fairly careful depiction of the full impala, sketching in everything from antlers to feet and then use cross hatching and dots to add tone. Next I show you a loose gestural sketch of an impala head and neck and antlers, keeping things fluid and using only partial outline. The third technique, I show you how to quickly apply a simple tonal treatment to draw an impala at the water's edge. You can see two of the finished drawings here:
'On point' https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/impala-antelope-drawing-side-view-mike-jory.html
'Awaiting' https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/impala-with-antlers-head-drawing-gestural-antelope-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Black cow paintings - Angus steer wip to finished painting

This week, I take a wip of a black angus steer on dartmoor that I created using liquitex acrylic paint marker pens. I block in the sky with marker and then switch to using Atelier interactive acrylic paint to create a finished angus cow painting. Also, this video includes a look at several other paintings that I've done over the years on similar subject matter.
See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cow-painting-angus-steer-on-dartmoor-mike-jory.html
You can see the acrylic paint markers demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha8lazOwbXY
Materials used:
A2 Daler Rowney mixed media paper
Acrylic paint markers by Liquitex
Chroma Atelier interactive acrylics
Flat and round synthetic brushes
Water spray bottle

Ten minute heron sketch

This ten minute drawing of a heron in flight was created as episode H of the animal alphabet challenge.
See the finished drawing here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/heron-in-flight-drawing-mike-jory.html
Materials used: black sharpie marker pen and mixed media paper A4

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Flower painting

This week, I create a mixed media painting inspired by the flowers in my garden. Working en plein air I draw and paint flowers and plants using Sharpie markers, inktense pencils, interference acrylics, interactive acrylics and acrylic paint marker pens on A2 mixed media paper. The finished painting is a stylised, vibrant depiction of roses, hydrangea and string of pearls plants. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/summer-flowers-roses-hydrangea-lobelia-fuscia-mike-jory.html

Five minute gerbil drawing

A five minute drawing of a cute little gerbil with paw raised. Used a black sharpie pen and some A4 mixed media paper. This is episode G of the animal alphabet challenge.

The Sunday Art Show - impressionist sheep painting & en plein air sketches

This week, I start with several biro (ball-point) pen sketches of sheep, working en plein air on an A4 mixed media paper pad, I stand at the gate to a field on the outskirts of Exeter and draw the flock, several quick studies. Then, I head home and start working on a much larger (A1 mixed media paper) painting with a watercolour marker pen. I add to the initial drawing using washes of inktense pencils dilute with a clean wet brush. After the inktense is dry, I then use Atelier interactive acrylics to bring the painting of sheep in the Devon landscape to life, keeping things loose and gestural in an impressionism style.
See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-and-landscape-painting-with-dramatic-light-and-purple-sky-mike-jory.html and you can see on of the ball-point pen drawings of a sheep lying down here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-drawing-biro-sketch-en-plein-air-mike-jory.html

Five minute flamingo drawing - The animal alphabet challenge - episode F

This week's animal alphabet challenge is a five minute flamingo drawing using a sharpie marker pen and some mixed media paper (A4). In this episode, I also include a gallery of some other bird drawings that I've completed over the years. You can see the finished flamingo sketch here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/flamingo-black-and-white-drawing-illustration-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Flat at Fistral - En Plein air inktense pencils beach painting

This week we're down in Cornwall at Fistral Beach doing some en plein air drawing and sketching. The weather was overcast and there were very few waves so instead I focused on drawing an RNLI lifeguard truck and some people and surfers on the beach using a Sharpie pen. Have outlined the scene, I then used inktense pencils to add washes of colour. Also, explored the cliff tops checking out the view and did some monochrome drawings using a brown sharpie marker pen.
Materials used: sharpie pens, A4 mixed media paper and inktense pencils
You can see the finished colour drawing here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/lifeguards-and-surfer-at-fistral-beach-coloured-pencils-mike-jory.html
No waves today monochrome drawing https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/surfer-standing-in-shallow-water-on-a-flat-day-with-no-waves-in-the-sea-mike-jory.html

Five minute elephant drawing - animal alphabet challenge - episode E

We are up to episode E of the animal alphabet challenge. Here I use a sharpie pen and some mixed media paper to create a black and white drawing of an elephant walking along in the bright sun. You see the full drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/elephant-in-bright-sunlight-drawing-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Ten Minute Watercolour Chameleon Painting

This week, I use a watercolor marker pen to draw a chameleon. Then a clean, wet brush is dragged through the line work to add subtle tones and shading to the chameleon sketch. The finished drawing is completed in about ten minutes. See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/chameleon-black-and-white-watercolor-sketch-mike-jory.html

5 minute Dingo and Donkey drawings - animal alphabet challenge - episode D

This week its quick sharpie pen drawings of a dingo (wild dog from Australia) and a donkey for episode D of the animal alphabet challenge. Materials used: sharpie pen and A4 mixed media paper

The Sunday Art Show - Sheep Painting Tutorial - Mixed media markers and paint

This sheep painting tutorial starts with a narrow nib acrylic paint marker and then continues to show how to use the giant nib acrylic paint marker pens to create a series of different effects and marks. I did a sheep painting using paint markers a few weeks ago but this one is different as after the marker pen work, I switch to applying normal acrylic paint with a brush to enhance the sheep picture. Hope to see you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show
See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/quirky-blue-sheep-painting-mike-jory.html

Camel Drawing - Animal Alphabet Challenge - Episode C

Camel drawing using Sharpie marker pen on mixed media paper. Here's the third of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z,  this week with a sharpie pen sketch of a camel. Episode A, B and C done, 23 more to go! The idea is to do drawings of animals that I don't normally depict. :-) I'll still be doing the Sunday Art Show on Sundays as usual too. See the finished drawing here:You can see the finished sketch here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/camel-drawing-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Sheep Sketch - Enjoying the morning sun

This week I am, 'Enjoying the morning sun' - I go looking for deer in the grounds of Powderham Castle in Devon but find sheep first. Inspired by the scene, I use A4 mixed media paper, a black sharpie pen and inktense pencils to create an enplein air drawing of a flock of sheep sheltering under a copse of trees. Then I continue to search for deer :-). See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured... materials used (affiliate links) mixed media paper A4 https://amzn.to/2Wt7PV3 black sharpie pen https://amzn.to/2KHnR6q inktense pencils https://amzn.to/2Www0SF Hope to see you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

Five minute baboon drawing - animal alphabet challenge - episode B

Here's the second of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z, starting this week with a sharpie pen sketch of a baboon. Episode B done, 24 more to go! The idea is to do drawings of animals that I don't normally depict. :-) I'll still be doing the Sunday Art Show on Sundays as usual too. See the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/baboon-drawing-mike-jory.html

The Sunday Art Show - Sail Boats on the River Exe at Exmouth Painting Tutorial

This week, I am inspired by giant jelly fish at Exmouth Marina to paint a picture of 3 sail boats with blue sails gliding across the silvery water of the River Exe in Devon. You can see, and zoom in on, the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sailing-boats-with-blue-sails-on-the-river-exe-at-exmouth-mike-jory.html This is a mixed media painting called "Weekend on the water". I start with a few thumbnail sketches using biro then move onto mixed media paper and put down some loose lines with a fluorescent marker pen and some acrylic paint markers. Most of the painting is then blocked in with washes of watercolour before the image is brought to conclusion using interactive acrylics. Materials used (affiliate links) A3 mixed media paper https://amzn.to/311ccFj Winsor & Newton Neon marker https://amzn.to/310HZX5 Liquitex acrylic marker pens blue and gold https://amzn.to/2QB655Q and https://amzn.to/2EOVWhd Winsor & Newton Watercolours https://amzn.to/2W7DK8r Synthetic flat and round brushes https://amzn.to/2GUCy2z Atelier interactive acrylic paints: Phthalo Blue https://amzn.to/2E2DzFb Burnt Umber https://amzn.to/2LlQFUb Permanent Alizarine https://amzn.to/2H2NNq2 Cadmium Yellow Deep https://amzn.to/2GTOqC2 Titanium White https://amzn.to/2UY2BuJ Hope to see you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show!

animal alphabet challenge episode A armadillo sharpie five minute drawing

Here's the first of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z, starting this week with a sharpie pen sketch of an armadillo. Episode A done, 25 more to go! The idea is to do drawings of animals that I don't normally depict. :-) I'll still be doing the Sunday Art Show on Sundays as usual too.

How to paint a Red Angus Bull using interactive acrylic

This week, I paint a red angus bull against a bright yellow background using interactive acrylics. I'm really enjoying using my new colour palette and the different hues that can be created. As you can see from the painting, lots of vibrant purples, reds, oranges and blues. You can see the finished painting in more detail (just click on the image after the link) here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/red-angus-bull-painting-cattle-breed-mike-jory.html
Business cards with this design are also available here: https://buff.ly/30KDBv1
Materials used
Daler Rowney Mixed Media boards https://amzn.to/2GTLJAs
Synthetic flat and round brushes https://amzn.to/2GUCy2z
Atelier interactive acrylic paints:
Phthalo Blue https://amzn.to/2E2DzFb
Burnt Umber https://amzn.to/2LlQFUb
Permanent Alizarin https://amzn.to/2H2NNq2
Cadmium Yellow Deep https://amzn.to/2GTOqC2
Titanium White https://amzn.to/2UY2BuJ
See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show!

Bleat about the business cards - En plein air watercolour sheep sketches

I'm gradually working towards creating en plein air, animals in landscape paintings and hope to eventually be able to work outdoors in the same way that I do at home. This week's video is a step on that journey. I wander through a field of sheep and create several quick studies of different parts of the flock. Some sketches work better that others but it was great fun working away in the fresh air using the inktense travel set. Here are the materials that I used (affiliate links):
Daler-Rowney mixed media pad: https://amzn.to/2JtnHA5
Derwent inktense travel set: https://amzn.to/2WjDSWM
If you want to check out the finished business cards then you can see them here: colour sheep: https://buff.ly/2VNytYx or the monochrome sketch design: https://buff.ly/2VKTNxH
Hope you enjoy this little outdoor art adventure and hope to see you next week for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show!

The Sunday Art Show - Phinishing a Pheasant Painting - Strutting My Stuff

This week, I paint a colourful pheasant walking through a countryside landscape using interactive acrylic over a conventional acrylic under painting. You can zoom in on the hi-res finished painting "Strutting My Stuff" here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pheasant-walking-in-english-countryside-landscape-painting-mike-jory.html
Materials used (affiliate links)
Daler Rowney Mixed Media boards https://amzn.to/2GTLJAs
Synthetic flat and round brushes https://amzn.to/2GUCy2z
Atelier interactive acrylic paints:
Phthalo Blue https://amzn.to/2E2DzFb
Burnt Umber https://amzn.to/2LlQFUb
Permanent Alizarine https://amzn.to/2H2NNq2
Brilliant Magenta https://amzn.to/2VecEfv
Cadmium Yellow Deep https://amzn.to/2GTOqC2
Titanium White https://amzn.to/2UY2BuJ
I often leave paintings unfinished with a view to returning to them at a later date. This pheasant picture was a WIP from 3 years ago and was inspired by a pheasant that came walking past our house, something of a surprise as we live in town (though relatively close to some country lanes and fields). I was reminded of the painting the other day when I again, saw a pheasant in town, this time crossing the road at a traffic lights-controlled pedestrian crossing! It was great fun returning to this almost-forgotten WIP and finishing it...finally! :-) See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

The Sunday Art Show - Blue and Brooding - Angus Bull Painting Demo

This week, I paint a black angus bull using interactive acrylics. Decided to paint this following a viewer request. Materials used (affiliate links) Daler Rowney Mixed Media boards Synthetic flat and round brushes Atelier interactive acrylic paints: Ultramarine Burnt Umber Permanent Alizarine Cadmium Yellow Deep Titanium White See the hi-res version, zoom into different parts of the painting or buy a print etc here: Enjoyed painting this with a slightly different palette to usual as I used cadmium yellow deep & permanent alizarin for the first time along with the usual colours above. Started with some loose painterly lines in burnt umber and then gradually added thin layers of colour to build up the deep shadows and darks. The interactives allow for very subtle highlights to be readily blended and the cadmium deep yellow background makes the dark hide of the angus bull really pop. Hope you enjoy this one, see you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Drawing - Stay Sharpie Street Scene Sketching

This week, I'm back in the car for a quick bit of sketching using a Sharpie marker and some mixed media paper . Parked at the side of the road in the village of Alphington near Exeter, I create a drawing of the street scene. Working from life and inspired by the presence of the fish and chip van (Scoffers) this picture features several parked cars, houses trees and a handful of pedestrians including a dog walker. Great fun taking this little breaks in the day to do some en plein air (almost!) drawing with simple materials. You can see the high resolution version here

The Sunday Art Show - Sheep and Landscape Painting - Purples Pop on a hill top

This week, we are up on the hills above Exeter in Devon. While doing an en plein air landscape study, some sheep come walking into view so I quickly take a few photos for reference then return home to create a mixed media painting. The finished painting is of three sheep in the Devon landscape with rolling hills off in the distance and trees and bushes in the foreground. I used an unusual colour scheme for this one with lots of blues and purples. You can see the finished painting in high resolution here:
 Materials used: mixed media paper (A2), Derwent inktense pencils, winsor and newton watercolour marker pens, Atelier interactive acrylics, medium and small flat brush, small round brush, 3 inch decorator's brush and a giant flat brush.
See you next week for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show!

The Sunday Art Show - Dartmoor Horse Painting at Exeter Art Class

This week, I use interactive acrylics, a medium flat brush and A2 mixed media paper to create a painting of a Dartmoor miniature pony. This video actually shows some extracts from an animal painting artist workshop that I recently held in Exeter. For those that came along, thanks very much for attending, hope you find this a useful record of some of the stuff we did and I've included some bonus info using on-screen captions. I also did a painting of a steer that you can see here

The image below shows how we can begin to construct a sheep from simple lines and structure, here we've used watercolour marker pen and a damp brush.

Contours are a useful tool for creating an illusion of 3 dimensions, this doesn't have to be as obvious and bold as the examples below but these images illustrate the idea.

The Sunday Art Show - Quick Quirky Sheep - Ten minute painting using acrylic paint markers

This week, I have some fun creating a boldly coloured, simply treated painting of a sheep in about ten minutes. Also, included some captions with bonus info and tips throughout the video for the first time. This ten minute sheep painting was created using Liquitex acrylic paint marker pens and Daler Rowney mixed media paper. Really good to experiment with different styles, techniques, materials and time limits. See you next Sunday for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air Sharpie Pen Drawings

Beautiful weather in Exeter over the last few days, so with a sketch pad (mixed media paper), biro and sharpie marker pen in hand, I grabbed a few minutes each day to draw: a man, a cat, some houses, some hills, a mill and some grand buildings. Also, created some business cards and put up a poster for my next art class. Great fun being out in the sun! See the business cards here, sketch from Cathedral green, and the sketch of the guy at library.

The Sunday Art Show - Back in the land of the giants - watercolour beach painting

Back at Bedruthan steps for this week's video. Some of you may remember the previous Bedruthan sketch that was a black & white watercolour study from the cliff top. This time, I venture down the steep steps onto the sand, walk among the huge rocks and take in the view looking south out across the ocean. Then, back home, I paint a 20 minute watercolour study of this view, this time in colour. I'm planning a series of studies of different aspects of this beach, each time, refining my technique and using different media. You can see the hi resolution image of the painting here: or a different framing of the same pic, that I think works better here Materials used: Winsor and Newton watercolour paints, Daler-Rowney mixed media board A3, synthetic round and flat brushes, water spray. See you next week for the next episode of the Sunday Art Show.

Exeter Art Class - Free Parking - Free Biscuits - Free Expression!

Following on from last month's workshop, I'm holding another art class in Exeter on Friday 5th April (1pm to 4pm) at Exwick Parish Hall, Exwick, Exeter, EX4 2AA. Cost is £25. All welcome!

The Sunday Art Show - Belted Galloway Cow Dartmoor Landscape Watercolour painting

Inspired by the rugged and colourful landscape of Dartmoor in Devon, in this video I paint a grazing belted galloway cow against a back drop of grass, heather, gorse and rolling hills. Just a quick study but using watercolor allows expressive washes and mark-making in a relatively short time. Also used a little bit of ball-point pen for the fluffy bits on the cow. You can see the high resolution version here: Materials used: Winsor and Newton watercolours, prussian blue watercolor marker, large and medium synthetic pointed round brushes, smooth A4 mixed media paper, paper towel, blue biro

The Sunday Art Show - Exeter Art Class - Sheep Painting

This week I thought I'd show you a little behind the scenes footage of an art class that I ran in Exeter last week. The finished sheep painting is called "It's a strange world" and you can see the full version here, or a close-up of the sheep here