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David Thomas
United Kingdom
Artist highlights
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Watercolor on Cardboard
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Framing :
under glass
Framed - Dimensions : 11.8x10.6in
About this artwork
A commission from the man who ran Booking.com, to paint an individual portrait of each of his three children and one of the three together. I visited them one weekend, in their house by the Thames south of Oxford, once owned by Anthony Asquith. Although I had considered using photographs taken inside, all of them come from a walk taken on the Sunday morning.
David Thomas
United Kingdom
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
My introduction to watercolour was at age 16, when I began training as an architectural student (at Huddersfield School of Architecture). The students used watercolour washes to colour elevational drawings. I am an enthusiast for watercolour, and think it woefully underestimated by the art establishment.
It is important to me to directly experience the subject I am going to paint. So I visit the landscape, or meet the sitter for a portrait commission.
Working Method
Although enjoying plen air painting occasionally, most of my work is studio based, sitting astride my purpose built seat easel and using an image on an IMac screen. I use an IPad camera, and in portraiture particularly, exploit its capacity to take many photographs, selecting those that capture an informal moment..
In the section below - In the Studio - you can see a video demonstrating the easel, and another short video showing me using it in my studio to produce a demonstration painting.
It is important to me to directly experience the subject I am going to paint. So I visit the landscape, or meet the sitter for a portrait commission.
Working Method
Although enjoying plen air painting occasionally, most of my work is studio based, sitting astride my purpose built seat easel and using an image on an IMac screen. I use an IPad camera, and in portraiture particularly, exploit its capacity to take many photographs, selecting those that capture an informal moment..
In the section below - In the Studio - you can see a video demonstrating the easel, and another short video showing me using it in my studio to produce a demonstration painting.
