ACA Newsletter

Snapshot of the month: Some people reach great heights

 

 

Brief read (& listen):

Béla Bartók - his statue in London is one of my favourites

Word of the month: Fun 

Shopping tip:

I often buy men's jumpers in a small and these from Uniqlohave a flattering crew neck neck and a choice of fabulously strong colours

Studio news:

Here's the beginning of a new series: Shadows

Provence Light, oil on board, A4

 

 

In other studio news: 

I've been away visiting New York's incredible galleries and if I had to narrow down one work of art from each, to spend a day drawing in front of, they would be

MoMA - Picasso's Boy Leading a Horse

MET - Rodin's Eternal Spring

Neue - Klimt's Pale Face 

Frick - El Greco's St. Jerome 

Books:

Miranda Cowley Heller The Paper Palace - avoided, read, felt guilty, loved it

Martha Gellhorn The Weather in Africa - properly good 

Series: 

The Little Drummer Girl - Florence Pugh doing what she does best (BBC iPlayer)