OneGuyFromBarlick

So much talent Eileen

Good job he's too tall for ballet dancing.....

Come on Stanley, Connor's got it all young, talented and handsome Eileen

Makes you sick doesn't it.......

Wish I had a quarter of his talent Eileen

Any news about any exhibitions Conor? Nolic

haha you lot make me laugh, im not that great and ballet dancing i dont think i will try as im sure the tights wouldnt look too good haha

yes nolic, my pencil drawings were hung on monday at the Royal West of England Art Academy for the month of July as they have made the finals in a competition.

i have other news about exhibiting which is exciting as i have been asked by a famous artist to show with him but i need a collection of paintings to show, which is a slight problem at the moment as i have NONE!!! working on it tho

heres a quick 30 min oil i quickly done last night of my mate in college, Evie. its small and very loose for me, i just fancied a change from all the fine detail of my other oil i am working on at the moment

It's good Conor. 'Loose' doesn't necessarily mean sloppy or bad if the talent is there.

thanks Stanley, Evie was pleased

ive decided to start another pencil portrait too as i keep having to stop painting waiting for the Oils to dry which seems to take forever, so to keep me busy during drying times ive started to draw Antony Hopkins. the same size as the Stephen Fry drawing A2, this is just the start of this work in progress but have already spent arpox 4 hours on him so far. rushing off to training now but heres a pic

Looking good. You've caught him already........

thanks Stanley, Day 3 on the progress of Antony Hopkins, i seem to be working faster than i did on the Stephen Fry

Conor, that's because you're getting better with practice. This will stop when you reach 28 and go over the hill......

just found out my Stephen Fry portrait is being exhibited along side Andy Warhol!!! just been to the press night at the Royal Academy of Art. :0 result....

Nearest I ever got to that elevated status was to find that three of my mill pics are in the Magnum archive in NY next to Philip Jones Griffiths by an accident of indexing.....
Another small step in the right direction Conor. Good stuff.

They are very good Conor, don't know much about art but I know what I like you are very talented Eileen

Haha hopefully that's not the end of both our 15 mins of fame eh. I've been asked to enter the really big RWA comp, that's got £20,000 prize money! Now that would help get me a studio..
Thankyou Eileen it's kind of you to say

Progress on Antony Hopkins is good. Even I am beginning to think its looking like the photograph, I'm learning it's the details that count

Day 5 of work in progress, just to keep you up to speed

It's good Connor....... Juvenile delinquency and similar faults get the publicity. Shining examples of the quality of the majority of our youth like you get hardly any. Go to it as a youth ambassador!

Oooooo I've tried that Stanley I was an ambassador for the school for OFSTED they pushed me up the front. naughty ones got sent on school trip for the day haha our headmaster wasn't daft lol

I've noticed that syndrome before Conor. The bad lads get sent on a jolly and the good get extra homework! Life isn't fair!

Hello Connor,

Is school out for summer? Hows the potrait going. Eileen

Hi eileen, yes home from college. I've been in cornwall for the last two weeks and I've been catching up on car MOT and a bit of running about the last few days so I will be getting back to portrait tomorrow, I will post an update when I've done some more tho I have done a few hours today

Oh by the way, my artwork at the RWA won the people's choice and sold another pair of Ribbon and Lace ltd editions

Hope your all well and enjoying the sun

Nice to know I'm not the only one who likes the knicker pics. Don't forget to get a bit of R&R in Conor!

What sun is that Conor? Hope you enjoyed your weeks in Cornwall always good to have a break and recharge. Stanley fancy calling them knicker pictures when an artist like Conor calls them ribbons and lace Eileen

Knickers is good too haha

Yes I'm fully recharged... I think. Though struggling to get re motivated, enjoying my time off surfing a bit too much lol