Ben Winspear | Public figure
Ben Winspear
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25.01.2022 A colour wheel I made with Michael Harding Zorn pallette colours - Genuine Chinese vermilion, yellow ochre, ivory black and Cremnitz white. Its amazing the range of colours one can mix from this simple selection...and that vermilion...wow! #zornpallette #real #genuine #vermilliin #red #oilpainting #discovery #redyellowblue #colourwheel #learnfromthepros #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio #love #creamy ... @mhoilpaints @senior.art @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia See more
24.01.2022 Someone can't wait to get out and about again. #bordercollie #benwinspearstudio #beauty #love #expression
24.01.2022 Another beautiful day out painting at Fairfield boathouse with Mr Bob Senior and studio dog. Really enjoying trying to take a different perspective and mixing those muddying colours of the river. Sun on the river Oil on linen 12" x 14" ... Plein air 2020 #fairfieldboathouseandteagardens #yarrariver #melbourne #nature #pleinair #outdoors #benwinspearart
24.01.2022 Focusing on colour this Term with my students...teaching them how to mix all those lovely subtle Australian grey-greens. #grey #australianbush #gum #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio @mhoilpaints
23.01.2022 Seriously...how many pallette knives should one have? #paintingknife #benwinspearart #livemyjob #artlife #studioshot
21.01.2022 Sometimes the best way to go is with a limited pallette. This is one of my paintings from last week's Winter Retreat painted in 3 colours plus white. I feel the...se colours perfectly captured the winter 'mood and feel' of the King River at daybreak. Risg mists - King River Plein air 8"x10" Oil on linen 2020 #misty #sublime #kingriver #kingrivercamp #victorianlandscape #benwinspearart
20.01.2022 Woohoo.....second session of casual zoom life drawing tomorrow! Can't wait Come and join us! #lifedrawing #cantwait #figure #drawing #benwinspearart
19.01.2022 Excited about tomorrows grand opening of our new virtual ARTFULL CAFE. A place for my students to meet, chat about all things art and life, and just generally hang out together. Open 3 - 5 pm every Friday. #cafe #studentlounge #hello #watercolour #benwinspearart #relationshipsmatter #creativelifehappylife
18.01.2022 Some of my drawings from last night's haul - casual zoom lifedrawing. So good to be doing it again
17.01.2022 Caught up yesterday for lunch and a long chat with the good man himself - Mr Bob Senior....talking all things art and life. #seniorartsupplies #art #friendship #benwinspearart #respectourelders
17.01.2022 Had a great day gathering with a number of my students for a paint out and picnic at Fairfield boathouse. Was so good to catch up, have a chat and a paint together. I even recieved some help with my painting. Studio dog had a great time too! *5 days of this coming up soon at our King River Art Retreat - can't wait! ... #fun #outdoorstudio #pleinair #goodfood #fairfieldboathouseandteagardens #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio
15.01.2022 Australian grey/green colour set. *Available from Senior Art Supplies. #australiancountryside #nolimits #oilpaints #coloursofnature #benwinspearstudio #benwinspearart
15.01.2022 The Australian bush has a uniqueness of colour compared to the rest of the world. Those beautiful grey greens, earth reds and soft violets. I think they are too unique and beautiful as an artist not to get those colours down on canvas to convey the emotion and beauty of our landscape. I've heard many artists and students alike talk of the difficulty of mixing them accurately. So to that end I have put together a unique set of colours so you can do just that - mix all t...hose beautiful colours of the Australian bush and the landscape that often seem elusive. I'm proud to be an ambassador for Michael Harding paints and thank him for this opportunity to make the joy of painting just that little bit better *Available from all Senior Art Supplies stores #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio #australianbus #colour
15.01.2022 Finished this study of Freda via zoom today . #portrait #texture #leadwhite #benwinspearart
13.01.2022 Caroline Lewallen from the Vic Pastel Society and I are running another joint workshop on zoom next Friday. I'm covering sanguine with a little demonstration of this lovely medium and she is covering all things pastel including a demonstration. Going to be very informative and a lot of fun. ... For tickets go to my website benwinspearart dot com #pastel #sanguine #benwinspearart #melbournearts #learningtodraw #knowledgeispower #seniorartsupplies
13.01.2022 A little bit of Sunday bliss mixing #michaelhardingpaints to make a colour wheel and colour sequence from one of my recent plein air paintings. Not only do I love the texture of Michael Hardings paint but the quality shows through in the clean colours and the high chroma of the quality pigments he uses. Can't get enough of them or of mixing paint #bliss #benwinspearart #colour #michaelharding
13.01.2022 While 2020 has been a very intetesting year to say the least, I've had many great moments - and one of my favourites was painting with Bob Senior on the Mornington Penninsula a few months ago. And more specifically this particular evening as the light and the colours on the cliffs and water was incredible!! Come and join me next term to learn how to paint our beautiful coastal sky's and seas. Full details of my classes on my website - link in my bio. Near Flinders be...ach Oil on linen 12" x 16" Plein air 2020 #pleinair #benwinspearart #flinders #morningtonpeninsula
13.01.2022 I've started a casual lifedrawing group Tuesday evenings on zoom. Short and long poses....and anyone is welcome. You can buy a ticket on my website under events #lifedrawing #benwinspearart #lifedrawingonline
13.01.2022 Another great class this morning discussing and learning about canvas formats, compositional choices and the tools to use to make those choices...via Zoom #zoomclasses #composition #tools #benwinspearart #bestchoice
12.01.2022 How good is he
11.01.2022 Painting boats and greys while listening to Ludovico....happy Friday #studiolife #sublime #ludovicoeinaudi
11.01.2022 Woo....can't wait! #cantwait #drawing #lifedrawing #model #excited #longpose #pose #benwinspearart #onlineevents
09.01.2022 Beginning next week...ALL ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE. Colour, mood, composition and much more! #classes #melbourneevents #fineart #landscape #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio
09.01.2022 I'm covering all things Sanguine in today's Zoom pastel workshop startng very shortly. It's a beautiful old master medium #pastel #masterclass #sanguinedrawing #benwinspearart #red #earthy
08.01.2022 A few photos from our fabulous 2020 King Valley Winter Painting Retreat. The weather was very kind to us and so we got lots of painting done, plenty of theory covered - especially around greys in the landscape which could be seen everywhere - and generally had a thoroughly good time together!! #nofilter #kingvalley #cheshunt #kingrivercamp #outdoorstudio #retreat... @mhoilpaints #@senior.art @neefaustralia @ccsfineartmaterials
07.01.2022 Out for some more plein air paintìng this week. Slowly loosening up the rusty skills. Was a beautiful day for it - this time I thought I'd just have a play with paint texture and abstract shadows. Accompanied by the studio dog of course. #fairfieldboathouseandteagardens #fairfieldmelbourne #pleinair #sunshine #benwinspearart
07.01.2022 Good times at my recent 2020 king River Art Retreat...can't wait for the next one in December. #kingrivercamp #benwinspearart #goodtimes #painting #retreat #bestisyettocome ... #michaelhardingpaints #seniorartsupplies
05.01.2022 Packing this painting to send off to its forever home on Monday. Somebody doesn't want to see it leave. You know...the studio dog see's every painting I make...patiently watching and keeping me company. I'm extremely grateful to both my collectors and to studio dog supporting me and keeping me company on this wonderful journey. #goodcompany #collector #studiodog #Rainbow #benwinspearart
05.01.2022 Wishing I was there......memrios of this time last year
05.01.2022 A colour wheel I made with Michael Harding Zorn pallette colours - Genuine Chinese vermilion, yellow ochre, ivory black and Chremnitz white. Its amazing the range of colours one can mix from this simple selection...and that vermilion...wow! #zornpallette #real #genuine #vermilliin #red #oilpainting #discovery #redyellowblue #colourwheel #learnfromthepros #benwinspearart #benwinspearstudio #love #creamy ... @mhoilpaints @senior.art @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia See more
04.01.2022 Some of my drawings from last night's haul - casual zoom lifedrawing. So good to be doing it again
04.01.2022 Sorrento Pier, Sorrento Victoria Oil on linen Plein air 12" x 16" 2020... It's always a challenge painting into the light....but one I thouroghly enjoy. Liberal use of #michaelhardingpaints helps #pleinair #intothelight #juicy #sorrentoferry #benwinspearart #haze #seascape #pier
04.01.2022 Woohoo...life drawing begins tonight...can't wait! #lifedrawing #fromlife #drawing #pose #lifedrawing #benwinspearart
04.01.2022 I'm covering all things Sanguine in today's Zoom pastel workshop startng very shortly. It's a beautiful old master medium #pastel #masterclass #sanguinedrawing #benwinspearart #red #earthy
04.01.2022 Touching up a Notan today I had painted from one of my own plein air paintings. A great way to examine and improve the design of a painting. If you'd like to learn more about this I'll be covering Notan in my landscape classes which can see on my website. bennwinspearart.com.au #notan #design #pattern #composition #japan #element #breakitdown
03.01.2022 I'm excited....lifedrawing's on tonight! Come and join us #onlinelifedrawing #melbounelifedrawing #model #benwinspearart #melbourneevents
03.01.2022 Going to be very interesting! I
03.01.2022 One of the benefits of hanging out with the good man himself Mr Bob Senior is sometims hearing about the new and exciting products #seniorarts are constantly developing to bring to their customers. Here is a sneak preview of their premier range of Baohong paper made into the most beautiful little sketchbooks. I can't wait to try some out when they hit the stores in the very near future. Keep your eye out for them. #sketchbook #baohongpaper #watercolour #drawing #excellence #benwinspearart
02.01.2022 Good to see Christopher Allen telling the truth again about the Archbald prize and giving the selection Committee a roasting..... ..and I'm proud to be counter cultural. "Not all the works here are outstanding but there are many portraits that easily could have replaced the countless duds in the Archibald"... "....the selection they make, year after year, reflects neither a commitment to high art standards nor a high estimation of the importance of art.." "... In the culture of dereliction that the trustees represent - really just part of the mindless culture of the consumer world - any attempt to take painting seriously has become a counter cultural act." In today's Weekend Australian.
02.01.2022 My first painting post for 2021 This was one of my last paintings from our December 2020 King River Retreat. After 4 days of painting and teaching I felt like my eye was 'in' and I really captured something of the light and feel of the day. One of my favourites of 2020. It's an elusive and tricky thing this plein air painting. ... 'Lakeside' Plein air 10" x 16" Oil on linen 2020 #enpleinair #mood #brightsun #chasinglight #impression #coloursoftgebush #benwinspearart
02.01.2022 Wanting to know about pastels and the surfaces to use them on? Got some questions about drawing papers and which one to use? How about graphite or Japanese papers...? I'm teamimg up with artist Caroline Lewallen from the Pastel Society to give you the rundown on Dry Media & Drawing Surfaces and much more. WHEN: 7th August ... WHERE: via zoom. Details and sign up link under the events tab on my website. Hope to see you there! #zoomworkshop #drymedia #pastel #graphite #pencil #benwinspearart #paper #drawing
01.01.2022 Even though the lockdown continues here in Melbourne - as part of a creative community I'm always working to come up with ways to keep my classes interesting and informative. A studio shot from my very sucessful portrait class yesterday from the live model. Looking forwards to another session next weekend! #lockdown #stayathome #oilpainting #zoomlife #portrait #melbourneartist #benwinspearart
