tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49990417931038537952024-03-16T02:12:56.698+01:00Peter Hobden's Painting AdventuresJournal of my activities in and around painting since my discovery of it in 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-7382987947138290022019-02-18T21:07:00.004+01:002019-02-18T21:07:49.166+01:00Soph always<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-77446263056462601912014-03-14T13:26:00.000+01:002014-03-14T13:26:18.028+01:00Painting ProcessIncluded in my website is a section where I include animated slide illustrations of my <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/paintingprocess">painting process</a>.<br />
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I always try to take photographs as I advance in the painting. There are currently 17 sets of animated slides. I will add more as new ones are made and as I retrieve older ones from my photograph archives.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-92139316324355585652013-10-02T10:59:00.001+02:002013-10-02T10:59:25.611+02:00A new web siteMy current hosting provider for my web site seems to have disappeared into the landscape somewhere. I therefore decided to seek out other solutions. I <i><b>do</b></i> have a past in the IT world but I am not a big web developer. I do know a little html and css and am familiar with some programming languages.but it doesn't flow off the end of my fingers without effort. This meant that I had to find a solution that would offer me some assistance in building my site while keeping a good level of control on functionality and appearance.<br />
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I took out a good number of weeks from painting to research and finally chose and implemented a solution.<br />
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It turned out that I still had to learn quite a bit more than I hoped but it was fun in the end though it took quite a lot of my time and occasionally frazzled my nerves. <br />
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So <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/">here it is</a> in all its glory. It is fairly much along the same lines as my previous site with a few more bells and whistles like a section illustrating the <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/paintingprocess">painting process</a>, a functional <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/contact">message form</a>, some Google map inserts and so on. A large part is dedicated to listing my <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/paintings">paintings</a> , of course.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-88952161476779251572013-05-05T15:43:00.004+02:002024-03-14T11:24:50.418+01:00Umbrellas - further on in painting processThe painting continues. First a couple of sessions with more spontaneity than precision, often a good way to start I find. Then raising the strength of the colors to bring out the effect of the sunlight and shade.<br />
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A bit more time, but not too much, on the two figures and it will be about finished.<br />
See the <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/recent-paintings">finished painting</a> on my web site <a href="http://peterhobden.com/">PeterHobden.com</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-82923957243087848412013-05-01T16:10:00.004+02:002013-05-01T16:10:52.066+02:00Umbrellas in the ParkWhile I am waiting to finish the characters on <a href="http://www.petehobden.com/2013/05/rainy-day-in-makati.html">"Rainy Day in Makati"</a> , I started my next painting. No sure title for the time. I am calling it "Umbrellas in the Park" ; this time in the beating tropical sun.<br />
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I put down a Purple-ish blue under coat in acrylic because there will be a lot of yellowish green foliage. I like, if I can, to use an under coat that is somewhat complementary to the dominant colors on the final result. <br />
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See the <a href="https://www.peterhobden.com/buendiarain">finished painting</a> on my web site <a href="http://peterhobden.com/">PeterHobden.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-66218500831684070812013-04-27T12:14:00.003+02:002013-04-27T12:14:40.664+02:00A better photograph of Freddie Aguilar portraitThis time taken in the light of day<br />
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as compared to <a href="http://www.petehobden.com/2013/04/freddie-aguilar.html">previous photograph</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-62132714359778496422013-04-25T16:38:00.002+02:002013-04-25T16:48:27.064+02:00Closer to the finish Getting closer to a finish on this one. If i can succeed my human figures I'll be happy<br />
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Possible title "Crossing Buendia in the rain" 20" x 16" Oil<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBel-Air, Makati City, Philippines14.562102315924765 121.0226315777708814.560181315924765 121.02011007777088 14.564023315924764 121.02515307777088tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-90691643864063854352013-04-14T04:04:00.001+02:002013-04-24T07:31:25.065+02:00Freddie Aguilar <div style="text-align: center;">
Finished painting "Ka Freddie" Oil on linen canvas 20" x 24"</div>
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If you are ever in Manila and you like live music bars I recommend a visit to <a href="http://freddieanakaguilar.com/index.html">Ka Freddies's </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBrgy. 698, Manila, Philippines14.573272582858714 120.9843323068237214.571351582858714 120.98181080682372 14.575193582858713 120.98685380682372tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-44070676077560916182013-04-09T11:32:00.002+02:002013-04-09T11:32:45.427+02:00Freddie Aguilar after two paint sessionsI'm definitely beginning to like where this portrait of Freddie Aguilar is going. I'm starting to feel the man behind the image.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-4549496072376097232013-04-05T04:23:00.000+02:002013-04-05T04:23:21.007+02:00Ka Freddie<span class="userContent">And now for something completely different...<br />
This is a sketch on linen canvas 20 x 24 inches of a Filipino singer,
Freddie Aguilar, we went to see twice in his own bar where he plays
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-21832686542847657662013-03-27T07:49:00.001+01:002024-03-14T11:41:34.262+01:00Long time...... no post.<br />
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Sitting suspended in the air something like 80 metres above ground, protected from the more dangerous effects of gravity only by the balcony floor, I spend quite a bit of time in contemplation or generally wasting time online with my tablet. </div>
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In my vista, looking back at me, I see countless high-rise buildings. Some seem to gaze benevolently at me while others have more austere countenances. Some are quite indifferent to my existence.</div>
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These visions and others sometime capture my attention enough to stimulate me to paint.</div>
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Here, then, is a selection of some of the paintings I have created in the past months. All are in oils on canvas. The dimensions are sometimes in inches and sometimes in centimetres (it depends what is available in the shops).</div>
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Makati, sometimes somewhat ungracious in the day time, takes on some of its charm at night time.</div>
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This painting is the view almost straight out the front of our balcony. The higher buildings are mostly lining Ayala avenue and are commercial high-rises. Some of the nearer ones are residential. We have view straight down Rufino street which crosses Ayala avenue as illustrated here by the the stream of head and rear lights of the cars mired in the regular rush hours. The greenish light on the right is from flood lights one of the numerous high-rise building sites one sees in Makati. Work goes on seven days a week and into the evenings.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes, while sitting on the balcony we are graced with a flaming sunset. This one prompted me to lean out (quite safely) from the balcony to take a photograph looking right along our street — H.V. Dela Costa st.— towards the the sunset. You can still see Rufino street trickling up the left side of the painting. The second high-rise from the right with the triangular summit is one of the more imaginative you find in Makati.</span></div>
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Just over the busy road in the direction of the painting above (North), still in Makati but just outside the Makati Central Business District (CBD) proper, lies Jupiter street with Its restaurants and bars and Karaoke salons. One already notices that the maintenance and cleaning is slightly below the standard of the CBR. It is more haphazard and populated by multi-coloured neon signs. Here one may occasionally meet tricycles, human or engine powered, which are apparently banned in the CBR.<br />
See the <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/recent-paintings">finished painting</a> on my web site <a href="http://peterhobden.com/">PeterHobden.com</a><br />
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And finally, as a counterpoint, a scene distant from Manila on the Island of Bicol just off Bohol Island to the south. We stayed there over a long weekend in a modest hotel on the beach and visited surrounding islands and went snorkelling and lazed on the beach. Again a sunset but what a difference in the backdrop!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comPhilippines12.879721 121.77401699999996-2.8256685000000008 101.11971999999996 28.5851105 142.42831399999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-41999173156485544482012-10-31T09:34:00.002+01:002024-03-14T11:28:28.295+01:00Third Twitter Art Exhibit - L.A.#TwitterArtExhibit has moved into a new phase. The basic principle is an exhibition where artists donate original postcard-sized art to an exhibition where the the proceeds of the sale of the art go to a non-profit organisation.<br />
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The 1st two editions were organized by David Sandum (twitter profile: <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidSandumArt">@DavidSandumArt</a>) in Norway for respectively children's books in his home town library and the Women's Crisis Center also in his home town.<br />
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As of this third exhibition that will be taking place in Los Angeles, #TwitterArtExhibit will be organized in various places around the world with a target of two to three exhibitions a year.<br />
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A new website has come online for the organazation of #TwitterArtExhibit <a href="http://twitterartexhibit.org/">http://twitterartexhibit.org</a> wher you can find the information about this new format and about the L.A. exhibition which is for the benefit of under-served youth (18-25) in L.A.’s Rampart District in the arts. The Exhibition is hosted at Exhale Unlimited (E.U.) Gallery.<br />
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My contribution is A 16 x 12 cm Oil on paper Card Titled "Night Street"<br />
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See the <a href="http://www.peterhobden.com/recent-paintings">finished painting</a> on my web site <a href="http://peterhobden.com/">PeterHobden.com</a><br />
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Beach on the monsoon side of an island.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBoracay Island, Malay, Philippines11.9633757 121.9265047000000111.9012417 121.84582370000001 12.0255097 122.00718570000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-9992413921941435052012-02-29T17:58:00.001+01:002012-02-29T17:58:18.380+01:002nd Twitter Art ExhibitDavid Sandum (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/DavidSandumArt">@DavidSandumArt</a>) is doing it again. For the second time he is organizing a charity sale of postcard-sized artworks donated by artists on twitter. The sale will take place as last year in the Moss Library in Norway and this time the proceeds will go to the <i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Women's crisis Center in Moss</span>. </b></i><br />
Details and interactions on <a href="http://davidsandumart.posterous.com/call-for-artists-2nd-twitter-art-exhibit-in-m">David's Posterous blog </a>.<br />
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My contribution on it's way to Norway since this morning is an oil on watercolor paper called <b>"Cinema Stroll"</b>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-44981886014078438082011-09-04T14:51:00.000+02:002014-03-15T17:38:04.421+01:00View from my BalconyThis painting could be finished...<br />
I am putting it aside for a while before deciding.<br />
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the 1st three sessions:<br />
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and the study - oil on paper<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-40381123085901437682011-08-22T18:14:00.001+02:002011-08-22T18:15:09.559+02:00Industrial Zone with Cement Factory - Second session<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click image to see larger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBGjGLnan6o/TlKAI9ILRTI/AAAAAAAACek/FfJn2ZpIyxY/s1600/IndustrialZoneCementFactory_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBGjGLnan6o/TlKAI9ILRTI/AAAAAAAACek/FfJn2ZpIyxY/s640/IndustrialZoneCementFactory_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-79051331393447898862011-08-19T17:28:00.000+02:002011-08-19T17:28:24.837+02:00Industrial zone<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oil sketch on canvas 70 x 50 cm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">click on inage to see larger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Sgd7wcqWAM/Tk6BBIBuVGI/AAAAAAAACds/1NeOExEA5Ps/s1600/IndustrialZoneCementFactory_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Sgd7wcqWAM/Tk6BBIBuVGI/AAAAAAAACds/1NeOExEA5Ps/s640/IndustrialZoneCementFactory_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-11595362364015295092011-08-11T18:32:00.000+02:002011-08-11T18:32:07.460+02:00Study for painting "View from my Balcony"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">oil on paper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">click image to see larger</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzrhVESYU-s/TkQD0P-HuJI/AAAAAAAACVQ/egkmYhL-i7A/s1600/ViewFromBalconyCloudStudy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzrhVESYU-s/TkQD0P-HuJI/AAAAAAAACVQ/egkmYhL-i7A/s640/ViewFromBalconyCloudStudy1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-53134320676369497062011-08-10T17:53:00.000+02:002011-08-10T17:53:30.514+02:00Study for seascape<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oil on paper</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">click image to see larger</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-74083801124685548232011-08-09T16:43:00.000+02:002011-08-09T16:43:44.045+02:00Self Portrait<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Theres that Gap again!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-16235977319690715552011-08-08T18:12:00.002+02:002011-08-08T18:12:51.218+02:00The continuing study of "Summertime II"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVxI_VyKeUE/TkAK64Dj11I/AAAAAAAACSE/J5POsCcNxcM/s1600/SummertimeII_Study3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVxI_VyKeUE/TkAK64Dj11I/AAAAAAAACSE/J5POsCcNxcM/s640/SummertimeII_Study3.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999041793103853795.post-15429498865156579702011-08-05T18:24:00.000+02:002011-08-05T18:24:15.217+02:00Another study for "Summertime II" <a href="http://www.petehobden.com/2011/08/study-for-painting-summertime-ii.html">Previous study</a><br />
Just the shirt on the back of the chair this time...<br />
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