john blake

I started painting about nine years ago.  With no formal training, I had no idea where to begin.  I purchased a special offer in W H  Smith's of an acrylic starter set, as that seemed to be the easiest to use for a beginner!  My idea was to produce paintings good enough to hang around the house.  I then discovered some evening classes organised through the Eye Arts Guild, joined and met other members.  When these finished, I then went on a couple of courses run by Sylvia Philpot.  I have now completed about forty paintings, exhibiting locally and selling one or two each year.  I'm not good at drawing, but prefer just to paint and see what happens.  I tend to look for difficult subjects, trying to learn as I go.
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Dead Horse Point

Garlic, onion & mushroom

Light and Shade

Low Tide at Aldeburgh

Orion

Die Sprachschule Lehrerin

Pears 1

Pears 2

Pears 3