Paul Curtis is a member of the New English Art Club, paints in acrylic and is based in Sheffield and London. More details are available at his website > paulcurtisart.com
He came to give a demonstration of painting a still life of flowers and window. Gordon set up the sound system and camera with a large image projected onto the wall.
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Paul used a variety of artists paints: white acrylic primer, basic System 3 colours and intense specialist colours.
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Paul painted the background in bold strokes. He made many alterations by added colour or layers to achieve the subdued tones that a feature of his paintings. Paul added further layers to lighten the painting as the evening sunlight improved.
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Paul added the flowers. The dark purple buddleia contrasted with the subdued background.
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He painted the table cover to provide a light background to show the flowers and stems.
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The painting at the end of the demonstration was well on the way to be a finished painting, complete with a familiar blue chair but avoided the radio mast on the hill.
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Examples of Paul Curtis paintings from his website.
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![](https://i0.wp.com/www.pateleybridgeartclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/27Jul2016_8643-211x300.jpg?resize=300%2C426)
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Images are copyright of the artist. Paul Curtis.