February 26th, 2010 by ColourPainter
edit: 1st March 10. Revisited. Thought i’d have a quick go at revisiting this image. Muting the colours a bit. Think its better. Only a quick sketch. Again, done with arcylics.
Wharfemeadows to tittybottle over the river - Otley, West Yorkshire
Last Sunday it snowed again in Otley so, being a snow lover, i rushed out with my camera again! I’ve just done this quick sketch today using Daler Rowney Cryla heavy body acrylics. This scene is looking at the town, over the river, from Wharfemeadows to TittyBottlle. There are parks on either side of the river. You can just see part of the river in the middle and the cyclists cafe on the other side. I love the topiary trees in the park…like so many triangles – great! 
And, of course, theres the big Chevin hill in the background. In case you are wondering what the lumps are in the snow, right at the foreground of the images. Its a flower bed thats been covered in snow. So what changes to make and should it be executed in oils? Obviously it would tone down considerably in oils and i’d need to add tones to the snow. Julia
Acrylic Sketch Looking across the river to TittyBottle Park from Wharfemeadow Park on a snowy day. Click for a larger view
Acrylic sketch Looking across from Wharefmeadows Park in the snow, Otley – for an oil painting idea.
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February 14th, 2010 by ColourPainter
Small acrylic sketch of Titty Bottle park in Otley, West Yorkshire using Daler Rowney system 3. I’m just working on this quick sketch and i’ll update this post with more info once i’ve done the oil painting. I’m learning to use more colour into my images. Looking at the sketch i think the greens need to be more vibrant coming forward?..hmmm… 
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Sketch of TittyBottle Park, on the river Wharfe, Otley.
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February 11th, 2010 by ColourPainter
Modern expressionist style oil painting on canvas by Julia Odell
A walk through Manor Garth Park to Titty Bottle Park on the river Wharfe, Otley, West Yorkshire. Modern expressionist style oil painting on canvas. 70 x 55 cms.
Otley was covered in a blanket of snow on 7th January 2010 so i couldn’t resist getting my camera out and going for a walk. Manor Garth Park is only a stones throw from my house. The park runs alongside the river Wharfe and if you follow the path through, and across the road, you enter TittyBottle Park (Pronounced as two words.. Titty Bottle). Yes, as the title suggests, it gained its name during Victorian times when wet nurses would take infants to the park for their daily exercise. I’m currently doing a painting of TittyBottle and will explain more about that when i upload it. If you turn left at the park end and walk across the bridge you’ll enter Wharfe Meadows Park. I suppose its where 3 parks meet.
This painting is set at the bottom of Manor Garth Park where the snow lay six inches deep and the river had begun to freeze because the temperature had been so bitterly cold for so many days. Being a snow lover I donned my most appropriate apparel and stepped out to brave the elements!
I stopped at the end of the park and read the information board. Its amazing how much history is buried under the snow! In 1968 archaeologists excavated some ruins in the park and found a medieval manor house that had belonged to the Archbishops of York – and dates to the Norman conquest. Otley is much older of course and was given to the archbishops in the 8th century. It was a religious center of the time. In the 13th century Walter De Gray held the post of Archbishop and stayed at the manor. He was also Chancellor of England and was present at Runnymede for the signing of the Magna Carta. Amazing what is buried beneath that view! I think they are to the right of the main building in my painting.
I decided, in this painting, to add a bit more colour. In a way its turned out a lot like a expressionist cartoon. Well, why can’t i have a bit of fun with paint? I used Daler Rowney oils and made a small sketch first using artists quality Cryla acrylics. I really enjoy the oil like qualities of Cryla. They are thick and buttery and do actually act like an oil paint so i can lay up a sketch in the same way as an oil painting. I’ve tried 3 other brands of acrylic.. System 3, AV and System 3D and none have the same ‘thicker than clotted cream’ buttery qualities as the Daler Rowney ‘Heavy Body’ Cryla range.
Btw, its is for sale!
Julia
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February 10th, 2010 by ColourPainter
First a quick summery…A female draws images for use on various produce (bags, cards etc). A large company licenses/buys those designs for product placement. The large company buys an image from an outside agency. This image appears to be a copy of the females original work. The originating female complains to the ‘large company’ who deny any plagiarism and send her away. The produce is then sold through outlets while the female receives no proceeds. Alleged names involved.. Large company: Paperchase, Outside agency: gather no moss. Art originator: HiddenEloise. For the full low down on this story see the telegraph article here . Please also see #paperchase and @HiddenEloise on twitter.
After reading the posts on twitter today I was curious to see how much of a match the two figures involved are. After all, there but for the grace go all visual artists!
I’ve done a very quick graphic in photoshop to see how close they match. Are the two images similar enough to be considered plagiarism? When I opened the graphics they were the same height and width…interesting. So i took the images off the backgrounds and superimposed them. The image on the bag seems to have been rotated 6-8 degrees counter clockwise. i.e. I had to rotate it that much clockwise to get a match in outlines. The shape of the top of the head is slightly changed. However, all angles of arms, legs, shape of dress, face etc appears to be an exact match – even the feet are exactly the same shape, size an angle. But what came first?..Chicken or egg? If it were me, and i ‘already’ had a toadstool image to put a figure against, i suspect i might ‘have’ to lean/rotate it slightly for placement and, if aesthetically pleasing for the design, shorten the head slightly. Coincidence? I’m not saying one way or the other. But, interesting that..if you took a tracing, placed it on a table and turned it 8 degrees you get a match? You make your own mind up. Please click on the image below for a larger view and more information. Sorry about the quality…it was just a quick go. In my humble opinion, a quick traced transparency would demonstrate any ‘alleged’ plagiarism Thanks. Julia
hiddeneloise and paperchase plagiarism copyright story on twitter. Please click the above image for a larger view.
UPDATE 13th Feb 2010: Hah! I was right. The ‘alleged’ plagiariser has made an admittance of ‘using the outline pose’ of HiddenEloise’s design. This is on her blog today…
‘”Dear Hidden Eloise,
I am happy for you to post this statement on your blog in its entirety.Please use all the images attached.
Im doing this off my own back in the hope that you will understand I have made a genuine mistake.
When creating the group of designs bellow I used the outline pose of your Hidden Eloise Girl in one of the designs to create a new pose for my princess. I did not intend to copy your character but use its pose to create a new design for my own character, my intention was not to copy your character, I now realise the pose was too close to your Eloise and apologise to you for this, I also apologise to paperchase for the trouble this has caused.”
There is still some integrity in the world. But is it plagiarism? Please see HiddenEloise’s blog for the full story.
January 7th, 2010 by ColourPainter
Oil Painting. Annunciation. Pelican announcing the ressurection of Christ and the coming of spring by Julia Odell
‘Annunciation.` Oil painting on canvas. In Otley, Yorkshire they place a 30 foot high illuminated cross up on the Chevin hill at easter…which shines down over the town. In the graveyard of the All Saints church below a symbolic Pelican is announcing the resurrection of Christ and the coming spring. The clouds, in the night sky, being pushed away by Christs coming. There is always hope and life 61×61cms
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