{"id":22848,"date":"2022-08-10T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=22848"},"modified":"2022-08-08T19:53:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:53:26","slug":"rob-pilsworth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2022\/08\/rob-pilsworth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Pilsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I loved painting at junior school, and the teacher loved my paintings. She said that I \u2018had an eye\u2019. I didn\u2019t really know what she meant, as I thought I had two, but was glad that she liked them.

At my senior state school, we were given a choice of art or wood work. I chose art, but after 2 weeks my teacher asked me to transfer to woodwork, as he thought my efforts in art were poor and would lead nowhere. The downside? I didn\u2019t paint again for 50 years. The upside? I made a coffee table that we still use today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I paint mainly in acrylics, on inexpensive canvas boards. I make so many mistakes, acrylic allows me to correct them quite easily, or just paint over the error in \u2018ground\u2019 and start again. I am VERY slow, so tend to use photos and colour notes for landscapes The photographs are NEVER what you actually see with your eyes, either in perspective or colour, and we all have to be aware of that, and work around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The still life paintings, like \u2018Hag Stones and Oyster Shells\u2019 and the \u2018Espresso cups and\u00a0 a Jug,\u2019 I do paint from life. The first painting in the series, an avenue of small trees in a garden, I did paint from life, as it\u2019s our garden, but it took a couple of hours on 3 successive mornings as the light changed so fast, and I take so long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Forget me nots, morning sun – this was an exercise in forcing me to paint \u2018plein air\u2019, and not from photos. Because the light changed so fast, it took 3 x 2 hour sessions. The forget me nots really glowed in the low morning sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putney Bridge.\u00a0
Walked past this scene on the way to an exhibition at the Russel Gallery, a fantastic small gallery in Putney. Loved the light of a mid-day autumn sun coming through the trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hag stones and Oyster Shells.\u00a0
A Suffolk icon, the hag stone is supposed to keep witches away. I loved the juxtaposition of the beach-smoothed stones and the jagged oyster shells.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Il Redentore, Giudecca, Venice
We only ever go to Venice in November, after an Italian friends\u2019 tip. The light there is fantastic, here a dipping sun in the afternoon haze. I\u2019m ashamed to say it\u2019s painted from a photo,\u00a0 as most of my landscapes, but you only get this view from the Vaparetto, so \u2018plein air\u2019 not an option.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moulton Church
Just a scene from a summer dog walk, but Suffolk skies seldom disappoint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putney Railway Bridge\u00a0
Another visit to the Russell gallery, and the view from the bridge in fig 2. A storm was brewing over the flats and new buildings further down the Thames, irresistible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blackshore, Southwold\u00a0
One of my favourite places in the world, the jumble of old fishing sheds, wrecked boats, yachts masts, and bins always fascinating to look at. I\u2019ve painted it in all weathers, this one a summer morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amsterdam, overnight snow.
This is Lynn, my wife, patiently waiting for me in Amsterdam. It had snowed over-night, we had an early morning start, and the low morning sun slanting down the canal side street was fantastic for \u2018contre jour\u2019 effects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Evening Rush Hour, Pershing Square,NYC
Not everyone\u2019s idea of beauty, a traffic jam, but the way the grid road system works, when the traffic lights go red, all the\u00a0 car brake lights go red too, right up the block, and the sky becomes pink!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Poppy Seed Heads.
Another from life, just because I thought they were beautiful, and the solid pewter mug helped offset their fragility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Outside the Fitz, Rain
We are very lucky to be near the Fitzwilliam Museum, I go a lot,\u00a0 a great painting collection, free of charge to all. I\u2019ve painted this view in all weathers. Not sure why it \u2018hooks\u2019 me, but it does.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Espresso Cups and a Jug
A simple little still life, I liked the colours of the cups on the breakfast tray, so painted them! The spoon was an interesting challenge, which I\u2019m not sure I pulled if, but hey ho.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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