The beginning is always today..

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Hello everyone,
 It's the start of the second week after Christmas, I just thought this post would just show you what I've been getting up to over those two weeks off!

As you all know I like to start my posts off with a resembling quote of what I would like to discuss today so as you can see the title says, "The beginning is always today", basically I have to say that I am faced with a new beginning of 2014 and there's the motivation of getting stuck into my own way of working towards the pathway stage.

SO...over the holidays I began to paint again, not the deadline kind of quick paint to paper kind of thing but the full Monty of detail :) Which was a relief to me as I could express my own style, techniques and way of working without having the pressure of meeting a deadline. I had also got the motivation to start my contextual study before we broke up so I could concentrate on other things that I was looking at spending my time on getting stuck into a new book etc...

Below is some of the work that distracted but also prepared me for the work I was yet to expect:

'Autumn Fire'
Was the first inspiration and motivation to produce the other two, the materials I have used are acrylic, oil, drawing inks and Biro detailing. The reason behind the name was because the of what the colors represent as a season as well as the whole meaning of the painting. The trees were the most significant as it portrays further knowledge to the changes of seasons as well as natures intrigues. 

I haven't actually give this one a name yet, but i'm open to suggestions! With this one I had wanted to change the way I work completely by going ahead with ranges of palette knives and going crazy...In this painting I've tried to express some of the techniques I've only used within my experimentation as I find that working out of my comfort zone shows my skills and confidence in trying out new things.

'Thunder Waves'
Inspired by the heavy brushwork and chaotic detailing of William Turner. This was mainly produced on the final week before we broke up as my head was buzzing with information from my contextual study and the artists i had based it around: John Constable, William Turner, David Hockney, and James McNeill Whistler.