Adam Richard Tucker

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Imprimatura

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 / Adam Tucker Art / Leave a comment

"What on earth is that?" I hear you ask. Well, it's something I've only ever tried once, but I'm going to start using again. It's all about laying a base coat on a canvas, often over the original drawing marks. Many artists use brown, others use orange. I suppose it's about using a colour which … Continue reading Imprimatura

Hidden in Plain Sight

January 3, 2022 / Adam Tucker Art / Leave a comment

When I was a young artist, I greatly admired the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They were a group of young idealistic Victorians who painted art to educate and improve their peers. They looked back to a time in Art History when, it seemed to them, art had been about improving the morality of its … Continue reading Hidden in Plain Sight

My Pre-Raphaelite Phase

September 14, 2020January 16, 2021 / Adam Tucker Art / Leave a comment

When I was in my late teens and early twenties, I was deeply enamoured with the group of Victorian artists who styled themselves as the Pre-Raphaelites. They were very much of the belief that contemporary Victorian art was morally and technically deficient, and stated that a return to the purity of artists before the high … Continue reading My Pre-Raphaelite Phase

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

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