Gillian Holding
Beavering in silence
I write almost every day on one blog or another. This is my personal reflective-of-my-own-work blog and if I’m reflecting in other ways...
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Gillian Holding
- Sep 3, 2013
- 1 min
Holiday studio
Here’s an all time first. I’ve been staying the last fortnight with friends in their Indian Ocean paradise. As usual, I packed enough...
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Gillian Holding
- Jun 21, 2013
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Oil studies
Hot sunny day, so nothing better than to creep inside and miss the sun in pursuit of painting. One of those phases where I revisit...
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Gillian Holding
- May 16, 2013
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East Coast Table Art
A few ingredients: 1. Flying visit to Louvre to see the Giotto exhibition 2. A box of crayons lurking in bottom of overloaded bag 3. A...
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Gillian Holding
- May 1, 2013
- 1 min
The Old Travelling Kit
My ongoing fascination with the ordinary everyday is now particularly focussing on abnormal normality and issues of collaboration and...
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Gillian Holding
- Apr 30, 2013
- 1 min
Found some Crayons
Tidying up. Found some crayons. Found a mirror without any light. Just what was needed. #drawing #Portraiture #Selfportrait
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Gillian Holding
- Apr 25, 2013
- 1 min
Harsh scrutiny
#Painting #Portraiture #selfportraiture
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Gillian Holding
- Apr 23, 2013
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Dash of Paint
On the point of scuttling out back to car and decided I had time for a quick oil painting. Placed materials and gilt wax on floor,...
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Gillian Holding
- Apr 17, 2013
- 1 min
Showing Process
I have an exhibition starting this weekend. It’s in a relatively small room adjacent to a larger dining area and bar at The Reliance in...
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Gillian Holding
- Mar 3, 2013
- 1 min
Street wanderings
I’ve been in the studio every spare second this week. When I’ve not been driving the backstreets of south Leeds in search of target...
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Gillian Holding
- Feb 24, 2013
- 1 min
Woman asleep on Train
Yes. Absolutely. It is intrusive behaviour, and goodness knows how I’d feel if someone captured me with my head back, mouth open and an...
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Gillian Holding
- Feb 23, 2013
- 1 min
Real Life Class
Waiting at station to collect a young international concert pianist whom we are hosting this weekend. The train is due in a couple of...
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Gillian Holding
- Feb 23, 2013
- 1 min
Life Class
I think it’s over two years since I last did a life class. I was tempted to spend all today doing a “Klimt” based one. It’s a nice way of...
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Gillian Holding
- Jan 19, 2013
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Canal St Martin in Snow
#Charcoal #drawing #streetdrawing
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Gillian Holding
- Dec 28, 2012
- 1 min
App Update: Art Studio
Just as exciting as finding a new drawing app is the complete overhaul and improvement of an existing app. Art Studio, long one of my...
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Gillian Holding
- Nov 9, 2012
- 1 min
Painting Pleasure
The tendency after any sort of show for me is to sink into a state of overwhelming lassitude. Psychologically, I’m on a roll, but with no...
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Gillian Holding
- Oct 28, 2012
- 1 min
Assembling Snippets
#contemporaryart #westbournegrove #Portraiture #digitaldrawing #Identity #urbandrawing #digitalart
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