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Preparation of the linen canvas for Caravaggio Narcissus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666783868944-FESM4THGRN8YLVNL9WU3/20201208_112249.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” - Using a combination of red bole, burnt umber, and ivory black to achieve the correct tonal quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666783909897-QYYF731XH52C4LIZLXN2/Narcissus+next+step+%282%29.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” - Establishing the light values over the mid-toned ground and the addition of the darkest value (the background) First steps: Use of lead white to establish the initial light-tones. The addition of the darkest tone (background). You can also make out the pouncing from the drawing transfer in white chalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666783935689-BKQJ1114PQRGLF4CB2G7/Narcissus+step+3+%282%29.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” Working particularly in the mid and dark tone regions using umber and lead white. The ground colour is still left exposed in many places to act as a warm mid-tone. Even at this stage, the lead white gives a wonderful ‘sculpted’ effect - look for example at the sleeve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666783958474-RY1CJ90AKJRYPIWPKI4D/image-asset.jpeg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” The initial addition of colour to the tunic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666783981732-HNJV173LVT7WUMGW2E5Z/Narcissus+step+5+%282%29.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” Using ultramarine blue and the glazing technique to colour the cloak of Narcissus. Semi transparent glazes of skin tone are also used to build up the flesh upon the body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666784000394-274JC8NJOLOOPNYNNC97/Narcissus+step+6+%282%29.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” More applications of semi transparent skin tones to build up the flesh of the body and face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666784021410-KEVG3MK2965S9WVT62A7/Narcissus+step+7+varnish+%282%29.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” Varnishing using two coats of a traditional dammar varnish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666784079440-PW9ZHSR2N4L9SDSBX38I/20201208_112249edit.jpg News & Blog - How to paint like Caravaggio: Master copy of “Narcissus” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/creation-the-antidote-to-nihilism monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1a1d1fa5-9c9f-43df-a419-0ace22b09b22/Screenshot+2023-12-28+at+21.46.50.png News & Blog - Creation - the antidote to nihilism - Make it stand out Like the counterintuitive emission of matter from a black hole, the seemingly ever-absorbing presence of nihilism is responsible for the creation of meaning through art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/0478def9-5e8b-4c44-926c-fad9e70c6b32/Rembrandt_The_Artist_in_his_studio.jpg News & Blog - Creation - the antidote to nihilism - Make it stand out The Artist in his Studio - Rembrandt c. 1628. Depicting the very process of creation itself. Generated by the bright edge facing the viewer and deep shadows surrounding it, note how Rembrandt depicts the source of light in this paintings as coming from the unseen canvas. Rembrandt, the artist, shown in the shadow is secondary to the painting that he is creating. The act of creation, and the created object is what gives definition and meaning to the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/5c876ecc-8848-4a20-81dc-4727536983cd/hay+wain.png News & Blog - Creation - the antidote to nihilism - Make it stand out The Hay Wain - John Constable 1821. The pausing of an instant in time. The ephemeral moment as the famous hay wain crosses the river outside Willy Lott’s cottage, overseen by the small spaniel by a field of cows which would naturally last for a mere millisecond will now endure forever. The view and contemplation of a single mind has become that of a thousand and will continue to become so for centuries to come. Without such an image, it would be simple to argue that nothing about a wain crossing a river mattered, beyond its immediate function of transportation. Through Constable’s genius in creation we can appreciate how everything about it matters. Image from the National Gallery London. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/nietzsche-and-rembrandt-painting-the-structure-of-reality monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/0d2c7ccd-173f-410a-b55a-6db67db999f9/Nietzsche+and+the+birth+of+tragedy.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Make it stand out Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy. Originally written in 1872. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1a294b18-0692-40d6-bc42-f8eff8b9f045/Statues.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Make it stand out Statues of the Greek gods Apollo (right) and Dionysius (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/39798474-0f8b-4043-8223-76f1b379227d/Friedrich+Temple+of+JUno.jpg News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Make it stand out Temple of Juno in Agrigento, c.1828-1830. C. D. Friedrich. The dream-like idyllic beauty often ascribed to Greek antiquity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/9889b2a1-f3cf-4b88-8399-a233c265760b/sketch.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Make it stand out A quick sketch of the two levels of reality (as described by Schopenhauer) and our relation to them. The world of “will” lies at the deepest level and is inaccessible directly through sensory experience. The world of phenomena is the world which we perceive in our living form. According to Schopenhauer, music provides a representation that is only one step removed from the level of the will, whereas visual arts is effectively a “representation of a representation” (two steps removed). However, in this article I describe how visual arts can encode a metaphor for the dualistic nature of the total universe and therefore re-establish a direct communication to the deepest levels of reality. It is a curious observation that music, even purely instrumental music, has an ability to create an entity in musical space that somewhat approximates to a “character”. I don’t here refer to the trivial and unsubtle suggestion that music written in a minor key is sad and that written in a major key happy. Rather, the ability of a single piece over the duration of minutes, or even hours, to form a sensation of character that progresses somehow forward in time, encountering issues, being pushed back, overcoming hurdles, reaching climaxes of joy and moments of quiet reflection and so on. It is clearly not possible to understand these concepts purely in collections of sounds one after another. For understanding such qualities as joy, nobility, and melancholy requires emotional sympathy, if the music induces us actually to feel these things while listening it even requires empathy. However, one does not empathise with sounds, one empathises with another being. These “beings” in music, somehow anthropomorphistic in many cases, Schopenhauer suggests are pure extractions of the qualities themselves and music therefore provides us with a way of encountering them directly and not through an indirect physical manifestation. Schopenhauer’s account perhaps overreaches slightly in this regard, as was typical in the romantic era of a search for grandiose metaphysical truths. In “Music as an Art”, Sir Roger Scruton provides a more pragmatic twist on Schopenhauer’s theory which relies on his theory on the “overreaching intentionality of our interpersonal attitudes”. In short, he suggests that overreaching intentionality occurs when listeners to music extend their interpretations beyond the purely aesthetic qualities of music and respond to the “subject” created intrinsically within the music, in much the same way that we “reach beyond” the human object to the human subject in the “I – you” encounter. Therefore, he concludes that although music does not possess the power to transport us directly to some abstract metaphysical world, it does somehow possess the same qualities of the human subjective experience that somewhat elude our conscious language. Intriguingly however, it does so in a dimension of its own, in which there are places and relations that have no physical or objective reality. Is this idea founded in the Dionysian forces in music then? I do not think it is exclusively so. I would argue that it is the Apollonian forces in music – bringing order and beauty to the otherwise chaotic collection of sounds and notes at the disposal of an orchestra that achieve this deep and complex form of communication. That is, that the Apollonian forces of structure and representation are still necessary, even in the purer artform of music, to achieve a successful communication between worlds. However, I do agree with the notion that it is the underlying presence of the Dionysian forces in music that might allow listeners to experience unity, reconciliation, and a sense of cosmic harmony, particularly in music involving choruses and ensembles. In the Dionysian state, barriers between people dissolve, and they feel connected as members of a higher community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687291798105-ZLCJMEPQ27PP1R0PKB6U/self-portrait_1937.1.72.jpg News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Rembrandt van Rijn: Self portrait with a turned up collar. National Gallery of Art Washington. c. 1659. From a distance we perceive stability, harmony, structure, and an unnerving sense of deep human life.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687550158134-AWI2VAN96657I0CKAO4O/Rembrandt%2Bgolden%2Bratio.jpg News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - The golden proportions found in Rembrandt's painting "Self portrait with a turned up collar" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1684607370044-YO6MC3B8SOPDO9PKNN10/self-portrait_1937.1.72.jpg News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality (Left): Rembrandt van Rijn: “Self portrait with a turned up collar”, as you might view it in a gallery. (Centre): Looking closer and closer into Rembrandt. An eye, nose, and mouth is still discernible but what from a distance was real flesh begins to appear less so. (Right): Up close all that is left is chaotic juxtapositions of colour and light – a metaphorical representation of the primitive Dionysian forces underpinning our existential world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1684607361289-B0DFCU8QIU6U6O8FWJOH/Rembrandt+close+1.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1684607364307-7ROJ6RTYUJ4DWK1SNUMG/Rembrandt+close+2.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/08642dd3-2505-4d62-8ba1-e7aab0abd119/streaks+of+light.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality - Make it stand out The lively dances of light across the face of Rembrandt. Their almost spasmodic position and orientation from a distance registers as the dynamic motions of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687292410984-RV3P3S9O70EGNWVHBBQ4/Lippi_-_Madonna_mit_Kind_und_zwei_Engel.jpeg News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi. Apollonian beauty and order at every level places the figures in an abstract world of platonic ideals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687292405978-Z9E2HS0FONX82AFYPFHB/lippi+zoom.png News & Blog - Nietzsche & Rembrandt: Painting the structure of reality https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/physical-origins-of-the-apollonian monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687548371481-QCKMFF774440R19ZFGSB/image-asset.jpeg News & Blog - Unveiling the Harmonies of Nature: Scientific origins of the Apollonian - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/74805b35-fcaf-4a62-be23-a77d7a82f75d/Radial+geometry.png News & Blog - Unveiling the Harmonies of Nature: Scientific origins of the Apollonian - Make it stand out Geometric patterns, whether manifested in the resonances of auditory waves, the morphology of botanical entities, the intricacies inherent in our genetic blueprint, or the trajectories traced by celestial bodies, seemingly adhere to the unifying tenets of Toroidal Geometry. It is within this geometric framework that the profound interplay of mathematical and spatial principles becomes apparent, thus elucidating the enigmatic phenomena of cymatic configurations, as exemplified in the image provided above. Spanning the immeasurable reaches of the cosmos, every form and configuration conforms steadfastly to the immutable laws of vibration and frequency. These universal laws, deeply entrenched within the realms of vibrational dynamics and cyclical occurrences, serve as the foundational bedrock for the fundamental principle commonly referred to as the "Law of Correspondence." This principle, acting as a beacon of insight, offers a coherent explanation for the pervasive presence of self-resemblance and fractal properties observed ubiquitously throughout the tapestry of existence, spanning from the infinitesimally minute to the grand tapestry of the macrocosmic dimensions. From the subatomic realms to the resplendent galactic expanses, the vast symphony of the cosmos reverberates in consonance with the harmonious dictates of the Law of Vibration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687548616976-B0X8MCNGL7X5BY7J15JH/Hydrogen+wave+function.png News & Blog - Unveiling the Harmonies of Nature: Scientific origins of the Apollonian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687548616564-ER8RJKQ5VQIVDCZUCENZ/Particle+in+a+box.png News & Blog - Unveiling the Harmonies of Nature: Scientific origins of the Apollonian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1687548615341-GKSY4S087ET938RSBSUS/Harmonic+overtone+series.png News & Blog - Unveiling the Harmonies of Nature: Scientific origins of the Apollonian https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/the-meaning-of-everything-part-i-duality-in-art monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/dc767e53-10f0-430d-a588-da0c31ae128c/2298487767-huge.jpg News & Blog - The meaning of everything - Part I: Duality in art - Make it stand out Next time you are captivated by a painting, think not only what do your eyes see but where does the image take your mind? https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/the-collective-unconscious monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/bee19190-de25-4324-9586-7eb36bc631bc/Screenshot+2023-04-15+101832.png News & Blog - The Collective Unconscious - Make it stand out Mandala drawing by C. G. Jung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/5d0d2037-1837-4461-9975-f16d941dd3da/map+of+psyche.png News & Blog - The Collective Unconscious - Make it stand out Schematic illustration of the layers of the psyche including the collective unconscious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/62676818-d390-4ba1-a15b-3fa2de163b20/O-FI.jpg News & Blog - The Collective Unconscious - Make it stand out The Hero, The Rebel, and The Trickster - archetypes in one of the world’s most popular stories https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/the-artist-and-the-mystic monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1680339221844-0YBB0Q3KF14MDSDZBB4D/The+mystic News & Blog - The artist and the mystic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/38698b0b-470b-46eb-b227-e5d61416111f/leonardo+st+john.jpg News & Blog - The artist and the mystic - Make it stand out Leonardo da Vinci, Saint John the Baptist (c. 1508-1519) Oil on wood (walnut) 73 x 56.5cm Paris, Musée du Louvre, INV. 775 Image in public domain via Wikimedia Commons https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/the-universal-path-of-the-alchemist monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/ce780d93-2763-4fe5-a636-d890d31ffb6b/alchemist+etching.jpg News & Blog - The universal path of the alchemist and its relevance to the artist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1678566904331-ELWM5U319M6XSWG6P0P0/Rembrandt+old+woman+reading.png News & Blog - The universal path of the alchemist and its relevance to the artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1678566902731-TMOOIFK2Q0UPVNTFHZ3Y/Beethoven+opening.png News & Blog - The universal path of the alchemist and its relevance to the artist https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/how-to-prepare-a-panel-for-oil-painting monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/67f3e2ab-c1b5-42f7-8161-944aeaa8f21c/image-asset.jpeg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/287662f7-5ff8-4e59-b08f-245496f90c5a/processed_PXL_20230122_212118321.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Preparing the panel for the size - sanding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/829091d8-88df-415b-874b-58098dd053dc/processed_PXL_20230122_124956121%7E2.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Sizing the panel with rabbit skin glue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/a4e6ace2-4baa-45e0-997a-c18a9242f06e/processed_PXL_20230121_194245302%7E2.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Soak the rabbit skin glue granules in water overnight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/ab64ddbf-c661-464a-a2ea-18079b1ccace/processed_PXL_20230122_122902337.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Gently heat the rabbit skin glue granules in a double boiler to dissolve them into the water. Heat gently and stir every now and then https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/716176cb-686f-4ee3-a9b4-95bc0fc26823/processed_PXL_20230122_124210103.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Glue fully dissolved the glue will have the appearance of chicken stock/soup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/293d828c-74fb-4916-afcd-7493cad7ec1b/processed_PXL_20230122_183336438.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Mixing the chalk into the rabbit skin glue to make gesso. The mixture is gently warmed in a double boiler to aid mixing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/4eca823f-1c99-4ae0-aea6-9cd10aae2b81/processed_PXL_20230122_143453551.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Strain the mixture through a fine sieve to remove lumps and impurities. A pair of tights works extremely well. (But be prepared to buy the owner of the tights a new pair afterwards!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/0ebb823e-1f66-4a7b-9a24-04e83049f1bb/processed_PXL_20230122_152001293%7E2.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - The first coat of gesso will look awful. Don't worry - this is normal. Be patient and don't be tempted to apply the coat too thickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/afc11665-a6fd-41dc-b46f-b0e038f44875/processed_PXL_20230122_165934116.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Mid-way through drying of the 5th coat. The surface begins to look more uniform and opaquely white. Leave the panel on a flat surface to dry naturally between coats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/84dfc185-8439-4538-afa1-59423c0adf78/processed_PXL_20230215_204801587.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Dry panel after 12 coats before a final sanding process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/0485b6cd-466c-4cab-a77e-8713d6ac86a0/processed_PXL_20230218_214104598%7E2.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - White gesso panel before final coloured imprimatura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/38f4079e-3e28-4a0f-9e0e-72dbc6357c48/processed_PXL_20230219_152039496.jpg News & Blog - How to prepare a panel for oil painting - Panel coloured and sealed with raw sienna imprimatura https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/what-is-gesso monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/c3062df6-c4c2-4a3f-b78f-4ecef16899e2/processed_PXL_20230122_182503450.jpg News & Blog - What is gesso? - Make it stand out The ingredients for traditional gesso: rabbit skin glue and calcium carbonate (chalk). https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/new-painting-late-afternoon-at-st-benets-abbey monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1672158363901-X3O2S3A34ZB7QVUAGETG/St+Benet%27s+Abbey+1 News & Blog - New painting: “Late Afternoon at St. Benet’s Abbey” - Make it stand out “Late Afternoon at St. Benet’s Abbey” by Angus Mathieson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1672158357494-C4SFKO7SY3SJ70J4ECB6/St.+Benet%27s+Abbey+2 News & Blog - New painting: “Late Afternoon at St. Benet’s Abbey” - Make it stand out “Late Afternoon at St. Benet’s Abbey” by Angus Mathieson shown by a country fireplace https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/vermeers-techniques-soft-edges-and-rotation monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667213262805-LYT403RXINE79W1DRZS1/vermeer+soft+edge+gwpe.png News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Girl with a Pearl Earring soft edge analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667213388135-J2AM1GZ24NUCH8TGMD49/gwpe+rotation.png News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Girl with a Pearl Earring technique analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667213260022-NI6SZXANF1SBHK8PJDRX/vermeer+soft+edge+gwrh.png News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Girl with a Red Hat soft edge analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667213388294-C8LISEXO7NSLF2NSP39H/gwrh+rotation.png News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Girl with a Red Hat technique analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/a184ed91-4e51-43f8-953a-6e4a89c7b5e3/processed_PXL_20221031_103554043%7E2.jpg News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Left hand side of the base of the pewter dish. Gentle red scumbling softens the edge and causes it to recede backwards into the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/f6d8fabe-3c09-47c1-8cec-28a7705f6f8c/processed_PXL_20221031_103605520%7E2.jpg News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Right hand side of the base of the pewter dish. Gentle red scumbling softens the edge and causes it to recede backwards into the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/e34cc9d6-af48-4d5a-a143-803172b8a1a9/processed_PXL_20221031_103610508.jpg News & Blog - Vermeer’s techniques #1 - soft edges and rotation - Combined visual effect of the softened edges https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/hard-and-soft-edges monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667216231260-DSF4PEIJNW3WSKWLHGCW/Hard+edge.png News & Blog - Hard and soft edges - A Hard edge - two colours or values directly against each other https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667216231260-1DBGUXAGY6A77BCMF8GU/Soft+edge.png News & Blog - Hard and soft edges - A Soft edge - two colours or values gently transition into one another https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667217479625-0HFN7JE0IN22PF6JG56C/Study.png News & Blog - Hard and soft edges - Make it stand out From “Study of bust of Niccolò da Uzzano”. Showing the use of hard and soft edges. The soft edge (blue arrow) turns that side of the bust into the canvas while the hard edge (red arrow) makes the light side pop out of the canvas. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/final-submission-of-phd-thesis monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/3eedc713-f8cb-4f13-b9c9-e07772a5b698/processed_PXL_20221023_152128418.jpg News & Blog - Final submission of PhD thesis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/what-is-vermilion monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666458518579-94OMYEFTA5K0ZW1QWYK0/Vermilion+pigment+grinding News & Blog - What is vermilion? - Make it stand out Grinding vermilion pigment into oil paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666459832130-7GWUKJEPI4IDCPTD8CUX/chemical+structure.png News & Blog - What is vermilion? - Chemical structure of HgS. Sulfur - large, mercury - small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666461499073-RUVSFJ1BTNLWP3AIZ6BS/cinnabar_t.png News & Blog - What is vermilion? - A raw lump of cinnabar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666458873582-Q6F4VV66MIMVMMMSME3S/alchemist.jpg News & Blog - What is vermilion? - Make it stand out An alchemist workshop. The manufacturing of pigments such as vermilion used to be undertaken in workshops such as these. Many alchemists were pursuing and studying the transmutation of materials from one into another. Since colour was believed to be an important character of each material, the production of valuable pigments was a good by-product and would be sold either directly to artists or through apothecaries. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/painting-with-vermilion monthly 0.5 2023-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/24293446-12cd-49e8-96e3-b5f9b81e32e5/Still+life+in+red News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Make it stand out “Red 1” - Angus Mathieson 2022. A still life study of some grapes and plums, sitting on a piece of red drapery. Part of a series of still life paintings - each one highlighting the power of a set of historical pigments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666299027169-3IJDNYUY04KNROK48DSQ/Margareta_van_Eyck.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Jan van Eyck, 'Margaret, the Artist's Wife', 1439. Jan van Eyck, 'Margaret, the Artist's Wife', 1439. Restored in 2009 and a great case study for learning how the old masters used red pigments that have remained glorious, without fading, for centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666298037209-6X0IEIS4S3BNOUWJM9G3/x+ray+image.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Make it stand out X-ray image of the underpainting in Van Eyck’s Margaret, the Artist's Wife'. Image from the National Gallery, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666298695119-9SBFJZ60LIEBW5W6U5RF/layer+1.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Make it stand out Cross section microscope image of a sample taken from the red dress. Image shows a thin layer of vermilion applied over the chalky ground. Image from and owned by the National Gallery, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666298485897-T37AXDGEN7TXFH7RW36F/upper+layers.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Make it stand out Cross section microscope image of the upper layers of the sample from the red dress. Image shows glazing layers of a red lake pigment over the vermilion underlayer. Image from and owned by the National Gallery, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/53a804f2-3f68-4da8-b86c-027899275fae/processed_PXL_20221012_210546979%7E2.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - The grisaille stage Mapping out ideas and values using very thin layers of raw umber and lead white and broad loose brushwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/53ce0a0f-007c-43fa-958e-ad8b1b392c0e/processed_PXL_20221018_154113494.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - The ébauche stage Refining the modelling and composition further using vermilion de-saturated with ivory black and lead white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/fc117d58-d37e-4bf8-b47a-92518f6a318d/processed_PXL_20221021_223939585.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Completed underpainting with good layer of vermilion ready for the upper glazing layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666533800233-BGDZ2I39APM0F5604F8A/processed_PXL_20221023_113253865%257E2.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - First glazing layer with cochineal lake - really boosting the depth of the red drapery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/764f3237-a52e-44fd-b9c1-559bd34ab910/processed_PXL_20221023_141729470%7E3.jpg News & Blog - A study in scarlet - painting with historical reds - Final glazing layer - using ultramarine blue and black to enhance the shadows https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/a-thank-you-elodie-giuge monthly 0.5 2022-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666196541447-6140II6H3D18SD0D391Y/Picture1.jpg News & Blog - A thank you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666196537092-0PJ59X1EQZFHKOG57T2N/LOGO.jpg News & Blog - A thank you https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/the-day-the-world-came-to-an-end monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1665568001033-ES3NRBKQ27VNMHSL3RBI/Delftsedonderslag.jpg News & Blog - The day the world came to an end - Make it stand out “A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654” - Egbert van der Poel. Image from the National Gallery, London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1665568277418-9E5WEK2F7L1FMDEHOIC3/Egbert_van_der_Poel_-_A_view_of_Delft_with_the_explosion_of_1654.jpg News & Blog - The day the world came to an end - Make it stand out “A view of Delft with the Explosion of 1654” - Egbert van der Poel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1665568408192-7NO47EF1KG10IR0HCO8R/888px-Carel_Fabritius_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg News & Blog - The day the world came to an end - Make it stand out “Self-portrait” - Carel Fabritius c. 1654. Image from Museum Boijmans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1665568654969-2YPFKB9DCSD9KR08KUMX/1024px-Fabritius-vink.jpg News & Blog - The day the world came to an end - Make it stand out “The Goldfinch” - Carel Fabritius 1654. Image from Mauritshuis, The Hague. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1665569508720-JZNG09R22N3LTM7EQVLP/1920px-Vermeer-view-of-delft.jpg News & Blog - The day the world came to an end - Make it stand out “View of Delft” - Johannes Vermeer c. 1659–1661. The quiet serenity of the reborn Delft following the Thunderclap five years before. Image from Mauritshuis, The Hague. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/sfumato-technique-in-lady-with-an-ermine monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/welcome monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/8582fc52-a93b-43dc-85d0-df5718c7d17f/Angus_Mathieson News & Blog - Welcome - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/Techniques monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/News monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/Materials monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/Science monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/History monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/blog/category/Philosophy monthly 0.5 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/4ee9dedb-9556-4c44-baa6-ca7edc5a7fdc/Angus_Mathieson2.jpg Contact - Contact For enquiries please contact: angus@mathiesonart.co.uk Opening Times Monday - Saturday 9am - 6pm Commissions Angus Mathieson is currently taking commissions for 2023 - 2024. If you would like to commission an original artwork or a museum-grade Old Master Study, please do get in touch to discuss your requirements. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/about-angus-mathieson-artist daily 0.75 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666190417472-PRSMWQKHSR0Y10WUN8FP/Angus_Mathieson.jpg About Angus Mathieson is a British painter and polymath, born in Warwickshire, 1994. Largely self taught through the study of the old masters, Angus draws upon traditional materials and techniques to bring out the natural, humanistic values often lost in a fast-paced contemporary world. A time-intensive process involving the application of multiple paint layers, borrowed from early masters such as Leonardo and Johannes Vermeer is used to capture the nuanced introspective subjects of his work. By working with genuine historical pigments, some of which have been seldom used for over two centuries, Angus recreates the depth and glow often lost with the use of modern synthetic materials, and makes each work of art something precious and special to hold. Angus harnesses the illusory paint handling techniques known to the great masters to try and produce paintings that capture more feeling of reality than a photograph ever can. Artworks by Angus Mathieson can now be found in private collections across Britain and the United States. Angus also holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge in the Natural Sciences and is employed at the forefront of research and the invention of new technologies. A select list of Angus’ scientific publications can be found here. https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/orders-and-delivery daily 0.75 2022-09-20 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2022-09-06 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/terms-conditions daily 0.75 2022-08-08 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/accessibility-policy daily 0.75 2022-09-20 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/gallery daily 0.75 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/8f0a435c-175d-4b53-a77d-dd28eb3ba3a3/Narcissus.jpg Selected works "Narcissus" - After Caravaggio. Oil on canvas. Size 60 x 76 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/5dea597e-de8f-465d-aeb0-69cefa2c3fcd/processed_PXL_20221023_152517584%7E4.jpg Selected works "Red" - Oil on canvas. Size 41 x 45 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/6cbaadd7-0beb-4f5b-9eaf-48e78712ead2/PXL_20220808_105603238+%282%29.jpg Selected works "Seated Male Nude" - Pencil on paper. Size 49 x 66 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/42cb85fd-605f-4f5d-9650-00477ede5062/IMG_7343.jpg Selected works "Landscape Dream". Oil on panel. Size 20"x16" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/33635b2d-16ed-425a-9954-a253a7fd5a93/AEDC7D43-8D44-459C-B2DD-E3BF867D9800.JPG Selected works "Harmony" - Oil on panel. Size 20"x16" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1730c7eb-9648-4481-9861-5082f4edb4ec/PXL_20220808_124200477+%283%29.jpg Selected works "Young Girl Reading" - After Jean Honoré Fragonard. Oil on canvas. Size 65 x 80 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/7405743b-086d-4bb0-94d3-f138093334f7/PXL_20221006_183834279_3.jpg Selected works "Study of a Lemon and Silver Tankard" - Oil on gessoed paper. Size 29 x 21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/acf96aa1-dc9b-458c-b0fa-06793b347322/PXL_20220808_105935433+%282%29.jpg Selected works Detail from Seated Male Nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/4d8f18b6-761b-4ad6-a714-3c4808080db5/IMG_6893.jpeg Selected works "Landscape with three trees". Oil on canvas. Size 45.5 x 40.5 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/5eaed715-f132-44b9-ab0a-d8a337897662/B0D011B6-0AEF-49DA-AF85-CCD5997F834C.JPG Selected works "Harmony" - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/84153712-a50b-49f9-ae6a-28eca9772982/Lady+with+an+Ermine+%28e%29.jpg Selected works "Lady with an Ermine" - After Leonardo Da Vinci. Oil on panel. Size 54 x 39 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/cdeb63f6-e936-49bf-a11c-fa6ed94a030d/PXL_20221002_183442111_3.jpg Selected works "Study of two Plums" - Oil on gessoed paper. Size 29 x 21 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/848507b3-aad0-4f96-9890-4723219c5b9a/Study+of+an+ideal+head+%282%29.jpg Selected works "Study of an Ideal Head" - After Michelangelo Buonarroti. Sanguine on paper. Size 21 x 29 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1672158363901-X3O2S3A34ZB7QVUAGETG/PXL_20221227_154216384%7E2.jpg Selected works "Late Afternoon at St. Benet's Abbey". Oil on canvas. Size 36 x 49 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/92f97e48-4b96-4aa6-a2fc-6490c9ab7697/39A263E9-9423-45B6-93B7-617062BAF36B.JPG Selected works "Harmony" - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/5755303a-aee3-40ee-acb3-b210446e7948/Turner+%282%29.jpg Selected works "Landscape with Walton Bridges" - After J.M.W. Turner. Oil and tempera on canvas. Size 42 x 30 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/9dce49d6-2195-4e9e-af80-2661bcb1365a/PXL_20220808_104724834+%283%29.jpg Selected works "Study of bust of Niccolò da Uzzano" - Charcoal on paper. Size 49 x 33 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1672158357494-C4SFKO7SY3SJ70J4ECB6/PXL_20221226_174532930%7E2.jpg Selected works "Late Afternoon at St. Benet's Abbey" - hanging in an old country house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/a092e9a1-ee61-40a8-bba1-14d47ad01102/B8877FA0-65DC-4736-A6BC-09BBBF127974.JPG Selected works "Harmony" - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/45b31c28-9683-4a64-adca-38dc004f23bd/PXL_20220118_172034970%7E3.jpg Selected works "Femme au Jardin" - After Claude Monet. Oil on canvas. Size 82 x 101 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/020f722a-5d5d-4ebc-bea5-ebda48db26b5/PXL_20220808_105230789+%282%29.jpg Selected works "Standing Female Nude" - Pencil on paper. Size 49 x 66 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/9addaec8-849a-4e3f-a774-890fd47c59d0/IMG_9697+%284%29.jpeg Selected works "Sisyphus" - Oil on canvas. Size 30"x38" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/e2e31b5c-118c-4284-b03b-c0daa3adb440/PXL_20220118_1714420722.jpg Selected works "Sunflowers" - In the style of van Gogh. Oil on panel mounted canvas. Size 16 x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/63194acb-7ab5-4573-b465-a4acce24358e/PXL_20220808_105845264+%283%29.jpg Selected works "Standing Male Nude" - Pencil on paper. Size 49 x 66 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/cbd92db6-e1d1-4ee5-a569-9aab8f4a56ae/IMG_9697+%282%29.jpeg Selected works "Sisyphus" - Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/2a4db882-a944-4907-ba6d-6158266b47c9/IMG_0943+%282%29.jpeg Selected works "Westminster at Sunrise" - In the style of Claude Monet. Oil on canvas. Size 16" x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/cfc5de33-2f8e-4684-a38e-77130a3d96b5/PXL_20220808_110357275+%283%29.jpg Selected works "Study of bust of A Young Girl" - Charcoal on paper. Size 49 x 33 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/520a64ad-1fce-4fb2-ada2-12d53e0d8670/IMG_9706.jpeg Selected works "Sisyphus" - Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/e7a1b81c-cbd1-47e2-9957-1f003d7809fb/PXL_20220815_181322768.PORTRAIT.jpg Selected works "Study of a Female Head" - Ancient drawing materials on paper - 21 x 15 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/f5e35a06-52c0-4fc7-a52f-c8cb51a1d87a/IMG_9697.jpeg Selected works "Sisyphus" - Detail https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/scientific-publications daily 0.75 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662485344117-I6MBUBI73Q2KOWXDAKUA/pexels-olia-danilevich-8544949.jpg https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/still-life-in-red daily 0.75 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/24293446-12cd-49e8-96e3-b5f9b81e32e5/processed_PXL_20221023_152517584%7E2.jpg Still life in Red Full painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/06af022b-d983-493d-b803-370eb74c5567/processed_PXL_20221023_152517584%7E3.jpg Still life in Red Full painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/8625e2ec-a617-4448-8cba-698cd64d6160/processed_PXL_20221023_152534907%7E2.jpg Still life in Red Grapes - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1765a3d6-9b5a-41d8-9778-6e3b4469075e/processed_PXL_20221023_152528934%7E2.jpg Still life in Red Plums - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/764a8b5b-eb27-41fb-ba8d-90b3478e2ac6/processed_PXL_20221023_152523118%7E2.jpg Still life in Red Pewter cup - detail https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2023-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1667260016641-BTABGINJBH6VZDNMCDA1/Logo+2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666303492213-E9I23UGJZGY780J0A8P3/Angus_Pic0003.jpg https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale daily 0.75 2023-04-15 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/oil-paintings monthly 0.5 2022-09-20 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/pencil-and-charcoal monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/young-girl-reading monthly 0.5 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662497423548-50LO0M5GITPX4JWPFW6Z/PXL_20220808_124200477+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Young Girl Reading - après Jean-Honoré Fragonard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662497421466-ISVZCTUE8H5S9ZO8MDTC/PXL_20220808_124240176+%284%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Young Girl Reading - après Jean-Honoré Fragonard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1666780724092-O7W6LLP7H9KY8W1O63S2/PXL_20220808_124200477+%284%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Young Girl Reading - après Jean-Honoré Fragonard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1703872608189-R6X4OJZ71V79ITHH00SD/IMG_6824.jpeg Artwork for sale - Young Girl Reading - après Jean-Honoré Fragonard https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/narcissus-after-caravaggio monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662497309946-WMQ8LSB118SCC9XYWNO1/Narcissus.jpg Artwork for sale - "Narcissus" After Caravaggio c. 1597–1599 https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/westminster-at-sunrise-painting monthly 0.5 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1663689064151-1CSNQTWDHVIDYUTLO9EW/IMG_0943+%282%29.jpeg Artwork for sale - Westminster at Sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1663689138906-011B8ML77WPV8W4NMCPP/IMG_0943+%284%29.jpeg Artwork for sale - Westminster at Sunrise https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/study-of-sunflowers-after-vincent-van-gogh monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1660065292957-JEIXC682L1Q2T6XMFD79/PXL_20220118_1714420722.jpg Artwork for sale - Study of Sunflowers after Vincent van Gogh https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/study-of-roman-bust monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1659959623991-5SXTDCC60Z0RHLZNHW2P/PXL_20220808_104724834+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Study of bust of Niccolò da Uzzano https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/study-of-pretty-girl monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1659959570676-SVQMBSIWPPFU5AC13FZ4/PXL_20220808_110357275+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Study of "Pretty Girl" https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/standing-female-nude-drawing monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1659959405267-19UYNL56YAO0S3QSCT81/PXL_20220808_105230789+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Standing female nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1663692299293-J460HQPR0VMAAFXQ4UF9/PXL_20220808_105219213+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Standing female nude https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/seated-male-nude-drawing monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1659958971960-LS7LRDF47X81OCTCV49L/PXL_20220808_105603238+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Seated male nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1659959197170-UW1LGTAJO5LIQ8NQ30QL/PXL_20220808_105935433+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Seated male nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1663692248481-1DE7V7ML3C9LRK5JNNGQ/PXL_20220808_105550743+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Seated male nude https://www.mathiesonart.co.uk/artworks-for-sale/p/standing-mal-nude-drawing monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662497560045-FJOHAY0UFQOR06CSAW9S/PXL_20220808_105845264+%283%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Standing male nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1662497697730-FIBLOVXQVBR158YWDW2J/PXL_20220808_105845264+%284%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Standing male nude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e7c625cc3d9d4091f5d26c/1663692150330-JSU51CDFO92YSAITVH6R/PXL_20220808_105831128+%282%29.jpg Artwork for sale - Standing male nude