David Bellamy – Losing bits of the subject
It really does pay to think about your need to include even what may seem to be an important part of the subject, and ask yourself if it does help to include the whole feature, or can you make subtle...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Painting Mountains You can’t see
Mountains are often best painted when you can't really see them - that is, you can't see very much of them as they are mostly hidden in cloud. This lends an air of mystery, and you wonder what else is...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Determining Colour in Landscape Painting
In this painting the topographical features and buildings are fairly faithful to the scene, but the colours could not be much more different to what was actually present on this occasion. I have...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Capturing the colours of Autumn
Once again, autumn is with us, and the opportunity to indulge in bright, warm colours in our landscape paintings Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Painting weathered stonework
By keeping the edges fairly soft, this has imparted a weather-worn appearance. In the large side of the left-hand block of stone I began with a wash of alizarin crimson, dropped in some yellow ochre...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Back in Erwood
I am delighted to say that the painting now hangs on display in Erwood Station art and craft gallery, which has just opened again Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Painting with harmonious colours
This is just part of a small watercolour as I want to highlight more of the detail, and some of the techniques used I will be showing at Patchings. Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Painting the Wye
The painting will be part of a small exhibition at Erwood Station Gallery & Craft Centre, which lies a few miles south of Builth Wells in Powys. It starts on Saturday 23rd September and runs until...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Creating textures on rocks
The painting is part of my exhibition of paintings of the Wye at Erwood Station Gallery & Craft Centre from 23rd September to Sunday 15th October and is open daily. On 23rd and 24th September there...
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Lighting effects in Landscape Painting
This particular composition shows quite complicated lighting areas, and for this I did a preliminary studio sketch with emphasis on the tonal values of the various passages. Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Bellamy – Looking into Fierce Light
The delights of painting into strong sunlight Continue reading →
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DAVID BELLAMY: PAINTING WIND-TORN CLOUDS Recently I was up in the Brecon Beacons on a windy day which was unpleasant for sketching out of doors high up, but marvellous for the ever-changing cloud...
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY – THE JOYS OF SKETCHING
Whether you go out sketching to find subjects to paint back home, or perhaps to record days out in a sketching journal, or simply for the joy of being out enjoying sketching, there is no doubt that the...
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY – PAINTING WITH DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOUR STICKS
For some time now I’ve been using the watercolour sticks produced by Daniel Smith, mainly for sketching out of doors. They make a great addition to my sketching gear, and although I still love using...
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY: LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION
Taking time to consider your composition before you begin painting is critical, and unless you are working from a sketch with a fairly well-planned composition it’s worth doing one or two studio...
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY LOSING THE FOREGROUND
Tackling a glorious subject marred by a ghastly foreground feature Continue reading →
View ArticleDavid Bellamy: The value of drawing
Many of us are so eager to start painting that we tend to gloss over the need to get the drawing right before our brush touches the paper, and then we wonder why the composition doesn’t work too well....
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY USING ATMOSPHERE TO LOSE THE BACKGROUND
Losing the background of a landscape painting with atmosphere Continue reading →
View ArticleDAVID BELLAMY HAPPY CHRISTMAS
I don’t know about you, but I find December is always a mad and chaotic rush around trying to keep normal life and business functioning while coping with the extra tasks of Christmas. I’ve just...
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