Posts Tagged ‘Commissions’

Recent Commission

January 6, 2012 by · Comments Off
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This is a recent commission I did just before the Christmas hols. Its 16 x 12 inches on box canvas with the sides painted. I used a limited palette consisting of : Titanium White, cadmium yellow pale, cadmium orange, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue.     You may also like:How to commission an oil painting [...]

Seascape – Red Sunset

February 4, 2011 by · 3 Comments
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Recently I did a commission where the client wanted a predominantly black and white seascape painting with a splash of red; low light and stormy clouds. With such a simple brief I was left with a lot of scope for creation but decided to keep it fairly straightforward. I used acrylic paint to produce the [...]

Oil Painting Commission by Louise Driver

November 23, 2010 by · Comments Off
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This is a commission from a private individual that Louise has just finished. The customer had seen a similar work that had already been purchased and asked if Louise could do a similar style painting of a local pub. As much information was obtained from the customer as to what they wanted including the size [...]

How to commission an oil painting with Driver Art

November 4, 2010 by · Comments Off
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Artists usually specialise in different areas. In our case this is landscapes, seascapes and still life oil paintings. We occasionally work in acrylics and sometimes do abstract work, however, animal, people and portrait paintings are currently not part of our repertoire. When first thinking  about commissioning a painting think about the canvas and whether you [...]

Oil painting commissions – Two important lessons

October 26, 2010 by · Comments Off
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Earlier this year an individual commissioned me to do an oil painting. The painting took a few weeks to do but when it was practically finished they decided for whatever reason they did not want to go ahead with the purchase! Lesson learned – Always get a deposit and if possible an agreement in writing [...]