MY ART BLOG HAS PERMANANTLY MOVED

Hi to all my followers and friends out there my blog has finally found a permanent home

All my older posts have moved to, so click on the link below to see all my many posts in one place along with all my up to date news.

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Well I have been so very busy of late with all that I have been up to. As I close out this year of 2014, planning Christmas with my family, I have been looking back at what has been a great year for me as an artist. 

The studio has been a great inspiration for me and teaching all my students has been full of fun, their progress on the whole has been significant and in certain cases individuals have achieved their own sales. This is always a delight to me.

The second book has been finished and now the publishers must get it ready for the market and its release in July 2015.

Sales from galleries and in particular my own gallery have seen a sharp increase this year, very welcome and long may it continue on into 2015.

The workshops have been well received and have seen students from Denmark, Australia and Norway. They went away very happy, hope to see them all again one day.

I have decided to do a lot more next year in the studio, so really and truly watch this space, time permitting I have many new thoughts for 2015.

I have also decided to post and share some of my older paintings over the coming weeks. some paintings have had an awful lot of exposure in the public arena. Others have not, either they have been quickly snapped up by eager collectors or retained in my personal collection.

Royal Watcher 

Oil

16 x 24 if I remember correctly

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New Book

I am on the final stretch to the completion of my new book, " Painting Rivers Lakes and Streams."
Many thousands of words and 24 new paintings DONE....

Just tying up all loose ends prior to my publishers deadline at the end of this month......

Sadly I have not painted properly for a few weeks except demonstration pieces for students and art groups, just full on with writing.

So I hope that I shall be back to painting Wildlife and Plein Air studies very soon, that is in between packing for a house move in the new year...

Hah when does it ever slow down..... Need to paint more......

Painting Knife Workshop

The last Sunday I enjoyed teaching my last workshop of 2014 at my studio in Hythe, Kent.
It was a great day, hard work for all concerned. We managed nearly all that we set out to accomplish, though I did forget to serve the Keylime Pie for desert.... OOPS! had to take that home and eat later, sorry guys.

Anyway that said i managed a two hour acrylic demo  for the group. a 12 x 16 study of the secret garden at David Lloyds Great Dixter in Sussex.

That was the last demo and now I am working on my new workshop schedule for 2015.  I will post the dates soon on my website and here for all to see.

A Great Demo Today.

I did my annual demonstration to my local art society in Hythe....  today. I really look forward to this one each year. It also happens to be the last one I am scheduled to do in 2014. I painted a baby Elephant as they had asked for. It is not the one pictured above, a similar image of a baby running.

I had a great audience of around 70 + and they each had a real great time, and there were many sweet comments regarding the afternoon I provided. Heres looking forward to next year.

Thanks Hythe Art Society for inviting me once again.......

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Painting hard and thinking ahead.

I have been so busy this past year not only teaching my students at my studio in Hythe, as well as all my many workshops, I have been concentrating upon my new book.  The new title from Search Press  is to be called   "Painting  Rivers Lakes and Streams" It has been a long road, and then end is not yet in sight. Yet I have to add my deadlines most certainly is.
I have been about 24 paintings for the new title, so it has left me a little short of time to complete new works, new wildlife paintings to offer the market. I will make up for this fact in 2015.

It follows on from my last book " Learn to paint Dogs and Puppies"

OK OK I am showing you the Italian version that came out during 2013.

I still have so much to complete upon the new title and really hope that I get it in before the deadline. I know my wife Catherine along with other good friends are pushing me rather hard, not to mention my editor.

Sure it will all work out.

Back after a long absence !!

Its been a long time for sure

Spitfire  Mk 9 over Saltwood in Kent. 20 x 30 oil on Linen

£2,750

I have to say that my absence from Blogger and this blog was a decision that I have come to realise was in hindsight the wrong one to have taken.
So now I am revamping this blog and will stay on this blogging platform from now on. Over the coming weeks as time allows I shall be tweeting and adding content to this blog. I hope that it will have a greater connection and link with my own website at www.paulappsfineart.com .
I hope that those who used to follow this blog will once again do so and enjoy the posts as they happen.
My aim and all good intention is to keep up a regular blog for all to enjoy.
All my older post from Christmas 2012 until now can be found at the following address
http://paulappsdailypaintings.wordpress.com
I shall leave this up and available for any interested parties wishing to catch up.
Though this will now be the place to find all my latest updates etc.
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Happy Christmas 2012

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and a special New Year!

New DVDs to accompany the book

New dvd titles 

from

 Paul Apps

There are two new video titles from the Teaching Art group

The two are to compliment the new book of the title,

Learn to paint Dogs and Puppies

from Search Press.

Signed copies of the dvds and book are available from me

Book and Dvd set  £22.50

Book £ 8.99

Lab dvd £ 9.10

Spaniel dvd £ 9.10.

All plus postage

Click on the link above to check out the trailers

I hope you like and purchase the full lesson.

Best wishes

Paul

Venice 2012 Images and Plein air studies

I have displayed most not all of the paintings from my recent Venice trip.

Five and a half days yealded 22 oils 4 watercolours several sketches and once pastel.

I had tired shoulders from the backback I was hauling around each day, p.s. not teh shoulder bag in the photo, though enjoyed my experience of Venice and trying so hard to bring home its light in my head and in my images.

 Evening light Della Salute 6 x 8

 Morning Light San Giorgio Maggiore 6 x 8

 Sunrise San Giorgio Maggiore from the Dogana 6x8

 Santa Maria and Gondola  6x 8

San Giorgio Maggiore nocturne 6 x 8

 Top most painting from the Dogana

Great motif the Santa Maria Della Salute from the Acadamia Bridge

I shall post more very soon, please leave any comments you wish, and please follow this blog

Best wishes

Paul

Paul Apps

Has great pleasure inviting you and guest to the

Opening of his new Studio and Exhibition of Paintings

(which are for sale)

 To be officially opened by

The hon. Michael - John Knatchbull

At

Paul Apps Fine Art Studio

Marine Walk Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5NW

On Saturday September 8^th from 18.00 to 21.00

This is his First Official Show exhibiting paintings of Maritime, Local Themes and Birds.

RSVP paul@paulapps.com

01303 261314/07746 887815

Two récent plein air studies at Hythe

 These are two small 220 x 160 Jullian Pochade plain air studies recently

Painting and canoeing for the day, when I was tired of one I did the other. My son Barnaby was with me enjoying the first trip in the boats for 2012.

The top image is a little way from the Hythe Imperial towards the Fisherman's beach. Painted in just over an hour. Crowds of people enjoying the sunny day, filled the scene with colour.

The lower image, painted at the end of the day, was further along towards fisherman's beach. A couple of dog walkers entered the scene, and found their way into my painting.

My new one man show at Haddon Galleries in Torquay, starting tomorrow for two weeks. 

So if you are around and want to take a closer look please do not hesitate to drop by.

Sadly my commitments have not allowed me to be there in person on this occasion, but I know the owners Fiona and Paul Haddon will be delighted to show the work.

If you see please drop me a message as to what you thought.

Best wishes

Paul

This was taken by my son Barnaby, whilst I was painting a near nocturne well a 25 minute study on the beach at Hythe the other night, 8.55 to 9.20 working fast and furiously to capture the rolling clouds and a rapidly setting sun, with a force 8 wind in my ear.

Barnaby has a natural flare with images, and I feel will go far with his photography.

He has taken some others which I really like and will post here soon.

Sunset over Fisherman's Beach

Oil on panel 12 x 16

One very recent image of the beach near to my studio in Hythe. It depicts the Fisherman's Beach looking towards the famous Napoleonic forts of Wellingtons defences known as Martello Towers. This is one of my favourite places to paint plein air, and I have several recent works to share with you, including the study for this painting

Cley Mill

This image was completed from studies that I manged in North Norfolk. This image is a 12 x 16 oil on panel Cley on Sea, Cley Mill

This image shows the hand made 23ct gilded frame

Tiger Portrait 12 x 16 oil

Just finishd this painting which started life a couple of weeks ago as a Big Cat demo at my workshop in my studio. I liked it a lot so spent a little more time on it to bring it to a conclusion 

This is a lot more fresh and spontaneous than previously painting and I enjoyed the process of painting it.

'The Grey'

20" x 28" Oil on Natural Canvas.

This is one of my more recent works and a long overdue subject matter of the Grey Wolf. 

 My son Barnaby, who is so interested in Wolves, inspired this canvas.

The wolf was one of several studied at the West Yellowstone National Park refuge where I visited a few years back with artist friends Mat Hillier, Lindsey Foggett and John Mullane.

We painted our way around Yellowstone.

This work will shortly be available through my one man show at Haddon Gallery

Torquay starting June 16th for two weeks.

This is a very recent painting and will be one image that will feature at my up and coming one man show at the Haddon Gallery in Torquay.

This is a oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24

'Golden Majesty'

This was concieved as a demo on one of  my workshops earlier this year on an African theme.

I do hope that you like it.

Feel free to leave a comment or two.

 'Tala'

Just a sneak peak and preview of how the new book might be looking as it takes shape.

I have just had a second proof reading and seen the colour proofs of the new title being launched by Search Press in early August 2012. Tala is the latest puppy to join Catherine and I at home. she is such a delight and inseparable from our older 3 year old  GSD, 'Khan'.

I took this image the first day she arrived home and painted the image as fast as I could as the dealine for the book was only days away at the time. She fitted in well with the brief and completed my task of 9 new paintings.

Learn to Paint Dogs and Puppies

Due out 12th August 2012.