Author Archives: SumoUrbanPainting

This painting is nearly complete, another few hours will get it there. What I loved? – painting the yellow stripes. What I didn’t like? – painting the red stripes. Different to other paintings in that the viewpoint is from above, up the steps that once led to Busters nightclub, now fenced off. The tarmac wasContinue reading “What’s important?”

Other than painting, working in biro is my favourite medium. It is incredibly versatile, capable of creating many tones from the darkest of blacks to the lighted off white. You can work fast and results come quickly. It breaks the obsessiveness of rubbing out and makes you commit to your lines. Bic biro is myContinue reading “Biro Work”

I’ve selected this image to be my next painting, Coventry Market from above. I took this photograph a few years back when I was out snapping areas of Coventry with my daughter. I’m excited by the viewpoint and inspired by the range of warm colours within the image. I particularly love the colour of theContinue reading “Cov Market – Viewpoints”

I am on holidays so am aiming to work on a few new pieces of work over Christmas. I have been wanting to paint this shop for a long time and am working from a mix of photos taken over the last few years. I visited this shop when it was last open and theContinue reading “New Work – Pennycook and Son’s -Earlsdon, Coventry.”