Ashwinstudio art blog

Paintings, contemporary sculpture and furniture by Ashley Baldwin-Smith


New painting titled Fen Storm

22nd June, 2009 - Ashley

Fen Storm is a different painting to my recent work, it is painted with free , expressive and large brush strokes. I really enjoyed painting this and will work in this way […]

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Tree paintings in exhibition

18th June, 2009 - Ashley

Decided to show two of my paintings depicting avenue of trees and different times of the year. June Avenue was painted a few months ago but is based on paint sketches made […]

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Watching paint dry

16th June, 2009 - Ashley

I have paintings on the go, all at different stages, some very close to completion and others midway. However, they are all at a stage where they need to dry before I […]

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Cambridge Arts Movement

11th June, 2009 - Ashley

I am very pleased to say I am now a member of the Cambridge Arts Movement.  As members, we regularly exhibit at Williams Art gallery and much of the work is rotated […]

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Soften old brushes

9th June, 2009 - Ashley

For natural hair brushes I use diluted hair conditioner. Another method is to dip the brush in linseed oil and leave overnight before rinsing out.

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