An artist’s journal from John Glover

Now it is time to concentrate on various portrait painting commissions. I have commisions to paint four children. A six year old in oils and three others , ranging in age from four to ten, in charcoal.

I also have a large double portrait in oils of the Sheriff of Huntingdon and her husband to complete.

Teaching continues also. I teach three classes a week at the Lothbury centre near Newmarket. Portrait painting,  oils and acrylics, and of course my own paintings for pleasure.  I also run day schools on portraits or life drawing and painting, at Grantchester and Barrow. These are held on a Saturday or Sunday and last from 10-4

Something else which is proving popular is one to one tuition whereby I ask any student to bring along samples of their work for review. We then work on a project together and I set ‘homework’ for the following session.

Bookings for me to demonstrate to art groups continue to come in for next year.  The latest are for a landscape demo to the Comberton art group and a watercolour portrait demo to the Bury Art Society.

Next September, 3-10 th, I will be teaching during the Art Holiday for Inspiration Holidays in Menorca.

If you are interested in any of the above art holidays, art classes, painting workshops or art demonstrations please contact me on 01284 810 460 or e-mail me at   john@gloverart.co.uk

John Glover’s Open Studio

For the last three weekends, my studio has been open to the public as part of Suffolk Open Studios. It was a busy but fascinating time.

John Glover's Open Studio

I had lots of visitors, from friends to students, to others who had either seen my work in the preview exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn or spotted my work in the brochure.

It is an ideal opportunity for people to see the “artist in action” and to have a chat about art, materials, and techniques.

John Glover's Open Studio 2

Apart from showing “work in progress”, I like to mount an exhibition of a variety of work. This  I feel is much more interesting for any visitor.

As can be seen from the photographs, my main interest lies in portraits, figurative painting and landscapes. For these, I work in all manner of mediums, from oils to acrylics, gouache, watercolour, pencil , charcoal and pastel.

John Glover's Open Studio 3

The comments and discussions ranged far and wide from specific paintings to general chat about materials, techniques, and the classes I run.

From the artist’s point of view the feedback is invaluable and it is always fascinating to see which particular paintings prove to be the most popular.

But the “holiday” is over and it is time to get back to the solitary business of being a working artist!