underpainting – scribblah

A Feisty Niece, a Furry Cat and a Film.

A short film of artist Rosie Scribblah doing a painting of her feisty niece with an appearance of Sparta Puss the cat.

Rough and Irritating.

I’m working on my niece’s eyes and I’m now finding it difficult because the canvas is rough and it’s hard to control my brushstrokes. I only re-started painting again, after a 4 decade break, at the beginning of lockdown in Spring 2020, and I’d forgotten how irritating canvas can be. But it’s a challenge andContinue reading “Rough and Irritating.”

Getting Down To The Details.

I’ve been working on a painted portrait of my great-niece for a while now. I pick it up and put it down and leave it for a while. I’ve gone through many stages of underpainting and now I’ve started working on the fine details. Still a fair amount of work to do, but I thinkContinue reading “Getting Down To The Details.”