Posted in Affordable art, Hampstead, Highgate, Highgate Watercolour group, London Scenes, London Square, Painting, Uncategorized, watercolour on June 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Lots of outdoor work. A successful day last Saturday in Pond Square with non-stop visitors to our stall.
This coming weekend the paintings will visit the Hampstead School of Art marquee by Whitestone Pond. On the second weekend of July we’ll be ‘Painting Out Highgate’ and hopefully selling some pieces to support Lauderdale House and in honour of 5o years of the Highgate Society.
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Athlone House, English countryside, Hampstead, Highgate, Kenwood, Landscape, London Scenes, Painting, Uncategorized, watercolour on April 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Hampstead has some great landscape and cityscape painting ops. Here are some recent paintings. (Seven actual paintings can be seen at the Old Bull and Bush on the walls of the restaurant as part of their refurbishment. See post below.)
Posted in Affordable art, commissions, Hampstead, Kenwood, Landscape, London Scenes, Uncategorized, watercolour, tagged Art, Commissions from photographs, Hampstead, Hamstead Heath, London views, Old Bull & Bush, Painting, Paintings for sale on April 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The Old Bull and Bush public house in Hampstead has just been beautifully refurbished and it’s a great delight that seven of the Hampstead paintings* were chosen by the designer to hang on the walls of the restaurant – which opened during the second week of April. There’s a spring in a step. Ladies and others will lunch there…..
*Most of the paintings appear on this blog. They include the views from Kenwood over to the lake and of the bridge, a view of Whitestone Pond and over to Athlone House. These are much loved views and there are other versions in stock…..
Posted in Affordable art, English countryside, Hampstead, Heath, Highgate, Kenwood, Landscape, London Scenes, London view, Natural history, Painting, urban Scene, watercolour on February 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
No more basements, fewer HGVs and a rethink on the dams on Hampstead Heath. But now that Spring looks probable and Summer possible, it will be great to take a proper stroll again…
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Hampstead, London Scenes, London view, UK views, watercolour on December 11, 2015| 2 Comments »
There are excellent views over the city from Hampstead Heath but it’s perhaps surprising that you can still catch a glimpse of the City of London from some narrow side streets in the village itself. Here’s one from a turning near Christ Church to the north of the town.
Posted in Affordable art, Hampstead, Heath, Highgate, Kenwood, Landscape, London Scenes, Uncategorized on November 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Whitestone Pond in Hampstead has recently been given a makeover. It started life as a watering hole for horses – and being near the much missed Jack Straws Castle it was a peoples’ pleaser, too. It sits proudly at one of the highest parts of North London. Well the exhibition is now over so there’s more time to get out and about locally now…
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Colour, commissions, London Scenes, London view, Painting, Thames, UK views, urban Scene, watercolour, waterside, tagged Affordable art, Art, Colours, Environment, Green issues, London scenes, London views, Paintings for sale, reflections, reflections in water, Sculpture, Thames views, Tide on October 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The bodies of the figures, men and children, and of the shire horses are taken from real life but the horses heads are similar to the “horse head” of an oil well pump. The installation, ‘the Rising Tide’ by Jason deClaires Taylor – is a comment on the impact of fossil fuels on our planet. The installation could be seen emerging from the Thames on the opposite side of the bank from the Houses of Parliament as the water level dropped.
As the horses emerged from the river, so did the flotsam – the traffic cones, plastic bottles and other debris, which was a fitting comment on the theme of the sculpture.
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Highgate, London Scenes, London view, Uncategorized, watercolor, watercolour, tagged Cityscapes, Highgate, London scenes, London views, St Josephs church, watercolours on January 24, 2015| 1 Comment »
mail: chris.baker.london@gmail.com
One good thing about a cold bright winter’s day is that you can often see more of the subject you want to paint than when the trees obscure the view. St Joseph’s Church in Highgate features in many a local artists repertoire, but it’s hard to find a good angle from which to paint it. Relatively pleased with this angle as it shows the church from Waterlow Park and with the foliage in remission you can see some of it quite well!
Posted in Affordable art, Art, beach scenes, Brighton, coastal views, commissions, Greenwich, Highgate, Highgate group, London Scenes, Natural history, Painting, pier, seascape, seaside, Thames, UK views, tagged Affordable art, Colours, Commissions from photographs, Highgate Watercolour Group, London scenes, London views, Myddleton house, Paintings for sale, reflections in water, The O2, watercolors, watercolours on November 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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The pictures are all in place, the Private View has passed off very successfully and the paintings are selling well. It’s very satisfying to see red dots appearing!
Please see http://www.highgatewatercolour.org.uk/ for more info
Posted in Affordable art, Art, English countryside, Greenwich, London Scenes, London view, Naval College, Ships, Thames, UK views, watercolor, watercolour, waterside on September 7, 2014| 1 Comment »
The Tall Ships festival is in London this weekend, so a visit to Greenwich seemed a good idea, even if there would be lots of crowds. The people lining the banks of the Thames were really friendly so it was a great afternoon.The tugs shunting up and down the river were obviously enjoying the experience, too, judging by the frequent horn blasts.The ships were majestic and will paint some…here’s the old Royal Naval College :
Chris Baker : watercolours 