Jackie Whall

Contemporary artist, people portraits, animal portraits. Wife & mum. Happy when with my family or with a brush in my hand. Love faces, especially smiley ones!

[Jackie Whall @JackieWhall]

Need to get back to painting regularly. Unsure what to focus on but feel I want to practice minimal brush strokes - tricky for someone who has tended towards detail. This painting hasn’t worked out - the angle of the head is wrong but I’m posting anyway.

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Not surprisingly, I’m not painting all the time. But I can’t get away from the desire to be creative. A change is as good as a rest so they say and I’ve recently discovered crochet - a very relaxing pastime. I highly recommend it.

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It’s the last session of my 5 week art class and we’re going to be tackling hands. We’ll be painting on small canvas in oils and I have every confidence that we’ll have fun despite the tricky subject and that everyone will go home with a picture to be proud of.

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Watch me paint 4 still life oil paintings using the traditional method of a tonal underpainting followed by many transparent glazes. This is a good exercise in colour theory and patience! Here’s my progress with the underpainting.

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Not everything turns out how you want it to, but you can still enjoy the process and learn along the way. #contemporaryart #oilpainting #stilllife #paintingprocess #paintinginprogress #startagain #paintingdisaster

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Take a look at these brilliant #AOTY25 submissions!

Jackie Whall | @jackiewhall
Gary Martin | @gmartinartist
Sonya Patel | @artsbysm

The final phase of submissions is officially open! The deadline to enter is 16th July. Apply now – link in bio.

#AOTY #AOTY25

[Jackie Whall @JackieWhall]

Isn’t it difficult throwing stuff away? Following an (attempted) clear out I’ve sewn together canvas scraps. Now I must resist the temptation to be too precious with them, stitching them together was an experiment so the subsequent painting over them will also be an experiment.

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Finally got some sensible ‘holding hands’ photos and have been having fun painting these in oils. #holdinghands #hands #oilpainting #contemporaryart #handportrait #friends #love #originalartwork

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Look what you get when you ask your kids and their spouses for romantic holding hands pics… @cwhall1 @anna_ignitecoaching @marleyrunningpup #oilpainting #holdinghands #minipainting #goldenretriever #contemporaryart

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Not feeling arty today but picked a random still life photo I’d taken sometime previously and painted anyway. It’s amazing how good the process makes you feel. #contemporaryart #contemporaryoilpainting #contemporarystilllife #stilllifeoilpainting #stilllifepainting

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I think I need to stop fiddling around with this one. #oilportrait #femaleinoils #oilpainting #contemporaryart #figurepainting

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Starting to experiment with videos. Need to find a way of filming drawing without my hand getting in the way! #charcoalportrait #quicksketch #charcoalsketch #femaleportrait #contemporaryart

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Been having fun with this - especially since I found my small brayer this morning. I must stop and go on to one of the others before I overwork. I can come back to it with fresh eyes in a couple of days. #dmu #dmudegreeshow #finalyear #contemporaryart #masculinity

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And here’s the other 3. All part of my uni project on masculinity

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Redo of my Monoprint underpaintings for my masculinity project at uni. I’m working through these picking out details with oil paints. #monoprint #oilpainting #masculinity #degreeshow #dmuleicester #contemporaryart

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When art students find a table with sketch pads and pencils …
#comptonverney #quicksketch #pencilsketch #quickportraits #fineart #dmu #artouting

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Cracking on with this. I know it’s not finished and needs tidying up in places, but I’m leaving it for a bit and working on another one. It’s good to take a break from a painting to prevent overworking. #masculinity #contemporaryart #oilpainting #dmu #sportsmen

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It’s really difficult to resist the temptation to overwork - but practice brings improvement and experience. I must leave this area for a bit now and move on or any gains will be lost. #contemporaryart #oilpainting #positivemasculinity #dmu #dmuleicester #dmufineart

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Very much work in progress, but these large canvases are part of my uni project ‘masculinity’. I have 3 more planned. Watch this space to see how they develop #masculinity #contemporaryart #oilpainting @jacksons_art

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Thank you @AshbyArtClub for inviting me and making me feel welcome. It was lovely to meet you all and I encourage you to have fun and experiment with oils!

[AshbyArtClub @AshbyArtClub]

Tonight, we had such an interesting oil demonstration by artist @JackieWhall Jackie painted two portraits using different methods, they were completed using no under drawings, just emerged stage by stage on the canvas. Very inspiring.