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Royal Academician Humphrey Ocean's exhibition 'A handbook of modern life' at the National Portrait Gallery comprises a series of paintings of family, friends and other visitors to his studio. In this video, he describes what the process of portrait painting is like, from the moment a visitor first enters his studio:
To hear the other side of the story, read RA Magazine Editor Sarah Greenberg's blog on having her portrait painted by Humphrey Ocean for the latest issue of the magazine.
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I can really connect with the thoughts of Humphrey. All we need to do is paint and loose ourselves in the process, everything else will look after itself. Although, as a painter I sometimes hit a wall, this is when logic and objectivity kick in. Andrew www.andrewfarmerfineart.co.uk
Posted on: December 31, 2012 1:24 PM by andrew farmer