tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86076057364103919202024-03-05T15:08:07.873+00:00Murray Ince's Art BlogMurrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-21985678463233711812017-12-31T10:08:00.003+00:002017-12-31T10:08:31.860+00:00Le Manoir de Gurson Holidays 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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de Gurson </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 118%; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;">2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Painting Holidays<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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30th to June 6<sup>th</sup> (Wednesday to Wednesday) and September 1st to 8<sup>th</sup>
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the heart of France’s most famous wine region Magnificent Scenery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 118%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">Relax
and soak up the atmosphere, lots of demonstrations and one to one tuition in
the medium of your choice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 118%;">Only £575 per person
- £350 per non painting partner (not including flights)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 118%;">This holiday is available for the
amazing price of only £575 per guest
(£350 per non painting partner). The holiday price includes 7 nights accommodation, bed, breakfast, 4 lunches,
evening meals, all tuition, the day trip and transfers to and from the airport
(Bergerac). Lunches for the trips to St. Emilion, Bergerac and Bordeaux are not
included as it gives us a chance to sample the local fayre and joie de
vivre. On the final Day we will take a
trip to Bordeaux visiting the Musee de Beaux Artes and the Cathedral with the
whole day to explore this magnificent city culminating in an evening in the
city with the evening meal (included in the price) at one of Bordeaux’s fine restaurants. Why not
come and join us for a relaxing, informative and truly memorable holiday
and experience a true taste of France!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-48867454803943317582017-12-22T13:51:00.000+00:002017-12-22T13:51:01.163+00:00The Three Milk Maids<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The Three Milk Maids<br /><br />This is an oil painting of three young ladies that took a particular interest in what I was doing whilst on a walk near Bourton on the Water in The Cotswolds in the summer of 2016, I have only very recently finished this painting.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-41239460592158345812017-11-26T14:25:00.001+00:002017-11-26T14:25:49.888+00:00Poppies with Texture in Acrylic<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">On Thursday November 23rd I did a demonstration at the Memorial Hall in Freshwater for Freshwater Horticultural Society of these Poppies in Acrylic. I had prepared the canvas with the initial drawing and used texture paste to build some impasto detail in the poppy blooms, some of the leaves and stems.On the night I only managed to achieve an idea of the finished painting as the alotted time was only one hour. I have spent a good number of hours on it since, Saturday 25th November I spent most of the day working on it at a Christmas Fayre where I was exhibiting at the Methodist Church in Freshwater and put the final finishing touches on it this morning, Sunday 26th November. I have now declared it finished and for those who were interested the price for this painting will be £135 (unframed).</span><br />
<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-8756750039028117172017-06-15T11:39:00.001+01:002017-06-15T11:39:34.457+01:00Art in the Aquitaine A Holiday with a Difference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-4196126400768540332017-04-10T09:18:00.001+01:002017-11-27T09:35:09.530+00:00The Needles from Headon Warren<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-30727520459712327062017-04-04T20:56:00.002+01:002017-04-04T20:56:51.499+01:00New Exhibition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I am exhibiting 40 paintings, many new at Quarr Abbey from Thursday April 6th to Tuesday April 11th from 10.30 to 16.30 daily with free entry. Come along and say hello discuss painting and have a look at the new additions to my portfolio!</span></h3>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-55898543336131853712017-03-19T16:17:00.000+00:002017-03-19T16:17:13.520+00:00Clun Castle The Finished Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">After some more deliberation I decided it did need the Rooks, they give the painting a bit of life and there's something about Rooks, Ravens and Crows that give castle ruins a sense of the Gothic, probably to do with Hollywood and the Hammer House of Horror, but I like it!</span></div>
Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-89978835461664009202017-03-17T20:41:00.001+00:002017-03-17T20:41:20.719+00:00Clun Castle Stage V<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763;">I painted the grasses and flora in the bottom right hand corner using my two haired brush, no this is not an exaggeration I took two hairs from a decorating brush and taped them tightly together to a cocktail stick, made some well wetted paint with painting medium and painted each blade of grass a method which is actually a lot quicker than it sounds. Next was to paint the wild flowers on the hillside, some yellow (Ragwort I think) some white ones and some blue ones (I'm no Botanist).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I put a little more variation of colour on the middle distant trees and the field to the left and signed it thinking I was finished, however having now lived with it for a day have virtually decided to paint in some birds which will constitute the final stage, watch this space!</span></div>
Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-87989390330376332852017-03-16T10:13:00.000+00:002017-03-16T10:13:52.230+00:00Clun Castle Stage IV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have now roughed in the castle's hill and next have to highlight certain areas and finish the bottom right-hand corner with the addition of some dry, pale grasses and finally paint in the wild flowers that cover the hillside.</div>
Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-14084188506206795432016-12-22T09:43:00.000+00:002017-02-20T09:00:20.873+00:00Sketching and Painting in The Dordogne<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">2017 Sketching & Painting Holiday </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">near St. Emilion at Le Manoir de Gurson</span></span></h4>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-54179382388760960562016-12-13T18:17:00.006+00:002016-12-15T20:37:39.369+00:00Second Chance Sketching and Painting in Puglia Holiday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The sketching and painting holiday that I am leading with HF Holidays in September 2017 has proved so popular that a second week has been arranged starting May 30th 2017 giving those of you who were disappointed that the September week was fully booked so early the opportunity of booking if you wish to come on this brilliant holiday with HF Holidays and me. We will be based in a luxury hotel in Altamura visiting some fantastic and diverse towns in the region. For more information and to book visit the HF Holidays site. <br /><br />https://www.hfholidays.co.uk/activities/leisure-activities/art-craft/?destination=35<br /></span></td></tr>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-80349210851893269132016-12-02T19:58:00.000+00:002016-12-02T19:58:25.800+00:00Open Studios Christmas Special<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763;">Don't forget to come and have a look at the Christmas Open Studios exhibition at Tapnell Farm, 'The Cow Company' this Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December. Lots to see and do! I shall be painting a few mates for 'Snowy' so you can see how I do it. I will have my full selection of Christmas and Greetings Cards of my artwork for sale and full listings of all my classes, workshops and painting</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Here in the final stage I strengthened the lights and darks of the hedges and grass verges, put in the shadows, leafs, suggested some stones and detritus, painted the dappled light in the foreground and finally painted some stronger shadow lines under the roofs of the outbuildings to make them a little more three dimensional. I could have gone on fiddling but this is not a good thing to do so I signed it and called it finished!</span></div>
<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-31864938377454629742016-11-22T12:24:00.001+00:002016-11-22T12:24:28.634+00:00Into the Farmyard, Widecombe Stage III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763;">I have added detailing to the foliage of the trees on both sides of the painting, put in some vegetation around the base of the buildings and indicated the tree trunks on the right. I have also put more work into the hedgerow and grass verge on the left and finally I have done a little more basic work to the track and ground either side. Next I will work up the detail of the foreground and then the highlight which will be the dappled sunlight of the entrance and track.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I have been short listed for the Jackson's art drawing competition and it is now going to public vote on Facebook. If you like my drawing in pen and ink of Great Dixter I would much appreciate your vote! See the link below.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #073763;">I painted the above picture as a demonstration to the lovely Isle of Wight Art Club having already painted an Acrylic grissaille (monochrome underpainting just so that I could see that the composition worked and so that the audience also had an idea of what it might look like when finished. I promised to post each stage here so that they could follow its progress, so more to follow</span></span></div>
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The three paintings that I have posted here are all in square format, this format suits many scenes and allows you to crop, cutting out unnecessary peripheral detail but equally it is a great format for printing greeting cards which seems to be a very popular choice. This painting uses the old railings as a 'lead in' (no longer there) to the Bay in the distance and Freshwater Bay House, the HF Holidays house which stands overlooking the Bay and the chalk stacks. Stag Rock and Mermaid Rock, Arched Rock used to stand between the two but was sadly claimed by Neptune in 1992.</div>
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Clearly visible in this painting are Mermaid and Stag Rock. The challenge for me here was to convey the sparkle of the sunlight on the water. I used the marker buoys as a lead in to the picture.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I will be exhibiting with members of the 5 Bells Art Group on Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th and Monday 18th July from 09.30 until 16.30 daily at the Wilberforce Hall, Main Road, Brighstone. There is plenty of parking in the FREE public car park almost opposite. Refreshments will be available and if you can't afford to buy one of my paintings you could have a chance to win one in my raffle (two original oil paintings are the prizes, £1 a ticket). I will also have over 50 different greetings cards of my original paintings on sale. Interested in joining the 5 Bells? Come along and pick up details about the group and what we do. Also details available for my workshops, painting holidays and one to one lessons.</span>Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-7500409114265348062016-07-04T22:03:00.000+01:002016-07-04T22:03:31.954+01:00Sketching and Painting in Puglia, South Eastern Italy <br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">I don't know if any of you were interested in the Sketching and Painting holiday that I am leading for HF Holidays in Puglia next year but if you were then I suggest that you don't leave it too long before booking. I had an e-mail this afternoon to say that it will definitely be going ahead as it had just become viable as six people had already booked on it. The brochures were only sent out last week!</span></div>
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We would be out every day and among the highlights of this holiday are visits to; Altamura (base), Alberobello, a UNESCO world heritage site famous for the round Trulli houses, Polignano on the beautiful Adriatic coast, Trani, an ancient fishing harbour with waterside cathedral and Matera, the 'subterranean' city, one of the oldest towns in the world and surrounded by magnificent scenery.</div>
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Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-37935779683650508602016-07-02T23:16:00.000+01:002016-07-02T23:17:20.450+01:00Patchings 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Early Morning River Yar</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Award for 2016 Selection</span><span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Early Morning River Yar was this years accepted entry into the annual Patchings open art competition which now makes two successive years maybe next year I can go one better!?</span></div>
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<br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-61602856977136825842016-07-01T12:18:00.001+01:002016-07-01T12:18:15.776+01:00Bishop's Bay, The Finished Painting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I have finished the reflections of the hills and sky, added the yachts and put their reflections in, Painted in the seaweed in the foreground and sweeping around to the Island on the right. I also painted in some darker shadows in the trees behind the yachts, tidied up the clouds and cloud shadows and then finally signed it off! It was a beautiful week in the Highlands of Scotland inspiring many a painting yet to do! It measures 20" x 16".</span><br /><br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-86339787481254093752016-06-29T13:20:00.002+01:002016-06-29T13:20:55.359+01:00Bishop's Bay, Loch Leven<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />I have Bishop's Bay on Loch Leven here to the stage where I need to paint in the yachts and then their reflections and then all of the movement lines of the water. Then I will complete the sky and sky reflections. Keep an eye open for my next post...<br /><br />Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607605736410391920.post-22881522669490447342016-06-25T11:55:00.000+01:002016-06-25T11:55:16.309+01:00Predominantly Blue<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here's another predominantly blue painting (Prussian Blue) The unity of this painting is created by the use of the colours in the sky echoed in the foreground and a simple composition. I am going to paint a similar scene to this again as a square format canvas, increasing the space between the left hand edge and the canvas and the end of the pier putting the light about a third of the way in from the right and up from the bottom more closely observing 'the rule of thirds'.Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11343871456256330547noreply@blogger.com0