Studio Blog - Progress shots and news

The Belgian linen that I double primed with oil-prime is a really great surface to paint on, this one's gonna be fun.

I also started the progress video but that'll take a while longer to put online !]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120203-044720 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z Progress shot 8-bit painting in oils, lots more little squares to colour in

]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120201-022634 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z Illiustration job

not quite finished, a little illustration job that I painted today.
Still needs another layer and a bit of refinement]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120118-050445 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z test piece it's pretty rough but I wanted to see if the idea would work

let me know in the comments if you think I should do more !]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120118-045542 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z commission

Here's the preliminary sketch, now on to preparing the canvas.
I'll try do a video of the painting process on this one similar to what I did with the last big Rottnest one ( see the "videos" link in the column to the right )]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120116-083457 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z HAPPY NEW YEAR !! http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry120103-221341 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z Thanks to everyone who turned up to the Backyard Art Show on Sunday ! Some time soon I'm going to be starting a new body of work, something completely different to my normal stuff, ofcourse it'll all get posted here as things progress

In the meantime I've gone and put some of my Limited Edition Prints up on ebay at auction, to both see how they go and maybe drive some traffic back here.
Worth a shot I suppose

I'm not linking to it here, youve gotta go hunt for them !]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111114-055648 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z Annual Back Garden Art Exhibition !
30 new small works will be on show this Sunday the 13th of november in the artists garden

Gates open at 10am, there's an adjoining park for the kids

A wide range of work from still life to seascapes to more ducks, with my limited edition prints also on sale.
The pizza oven will be firing away and the aquaponics system will be on display

So come along for a great day and maybe snap up a bargain !

Use the contact link top right for more info
]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111106-215108 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z Solo show at emerge Art Space 19th Oct - 4th Nov 2011

All the works for my latest solo show at emerge ART SPACE, 676A Beaufort St, Mt Lawley, are now in the gallery and up on their website :

emerge ART SPACE

the show opens on wednesday the 19th of october at 6:00, and as always work is available for preview and sale prior to the opening

They look amazing now that I've varnished them all and they're somewhere other than in my studio, it's always fun to see how different they look once they're in a proper gallery environment.

There's 18 works in total, carrying on from last years subject matter of abandoned carparks and alleyways, with some new vague misty nightscapes and recognizable Mt Lawley views

The show runs till Friday the 4th of November]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry111008-053140 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z Three more for today ! emerge ART SPACE in Mount Lawley, that's coming up on the 19th of October - now I need to spend a week painting edges, varnishing and putting on hangers

still in the mood for painting I had a go at a few more little ones of the tools I collect at sunday swap meets, here's a wire cutter, a ball-peen hammer and 3 small files :

All the same palette as the previous one of the secateurs, took around half an hour each

Once they're framed up I'll have them on display at my annual Back Garden Art Show ( details will be up here for that soon - once I've got the solo show stuff out the way ), and I'll put them up in the store section aswell]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110928-092805 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z les sécateurs

I picked up these old secateurs at a recent wood and tool show, just painted them for my first go with my new oil paints

40 minutes,
titanium white
ultramarine blue
raw umber
burnt umber
venetian red
mars yellow]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110927-091124 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Two quick little still lifes

the second one's not finished yet.
Once they're framed up I'll post them into the store section]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110927-085952 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A bit of fun

a little different from my usual stuff, but hey - I've been painting Mt Lawley alleyway scenes all week so I needed to do something completely different
]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110916-105016 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z Framed comission

a shot of a recently finished comission with the frame on, I sanded the frame back from what it was originally and stained it with two coats of oil paint and wax, it came up beautifully]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110914-085440 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z Progress Two views of Lake Joondalup late afternoon

( I don't paint them on top of each other like this , that's just for the photo )

still a bit more to go, then i can get stuck into the remaining exhibition pieces for the show in October]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110829-052320 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z Studio shot

Here's a couple I'm working on at the moment for an upcoming competition]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110827-081236 2011-08-27T00:00:00Z 2011-08-27T00:00:00Z New one - Sail and Anchor pub Fremantle

40 x 19.5cm,
oils on hemp

available for sale in the store]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110815-015448 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z Old Shanghai

Old Shanghai food hall in Fremantle

oils on hemp, 20 x 17.5cm

it's available for sale in the store ]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110812-023404 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z Rottnest commission progress video YouTube Player API Sample

Here's the full video of me painting a 2.4 metre wide tryptich of a view of the main bay at Rottnest Island,
oils on hemp
It took 38.5 hours of actual painting time, plus the seasickness inducing boat trip to get the reference shots, hand preparing the canvasses and the days and days of drying time between layers
]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110811-001452 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z Commission finished

hopefully the tattoo's are correct]]> http://www.bensherar.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110809-004652 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z