Adam Newton

Emerging contemporary artist from Medway UK

[Jane Pitt @PittJAne]

📢1 week til..my new commission SLOOPWILD goes live on demand ..download to���drift walk 11-27 June @unfixfestival - brings communities across the world together for three amazing weeks of arts and ecology. https://t.co/8MEunqp9kB

[Adam Newton @ADJNewton]

@SignalBoxFolkes @Madebythechef @FstoneHbourArm @Moolikeamonkey @DamianCollins Looking great!

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My latest scribble of our sproglet...

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@jackietrinder Gorge! Particularly enjoying the blue monochrome...

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Put on your 3D specs now, viewers. My latest stereographic collage of Muybridge figures and Dore’s illustration for The Town Rat and the Country Rat by La Fontaine. “Come,” said the liberal citizen, “and let us finish our ragout.”

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A second attempt at the first exercise from my #haroldspeed textbook in progress. This time in perylene black, which gives a rather marvellous green hue.
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#artwork #sketch #artistsoninstagram #painting #art… https://t.co/m0OflL5VdJ

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Verging on finished. I’ve not quite managed to copy Frida’s paint handling, so this is more of an illustration in some ways, but overall I’m pleased. A satisfying way to get used to oil anyway...
#fridakahlo #copyingthemasters #oilpainting #selfportrait

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Almost there with my Frida copy. Oil on canvas board... #copyingthemasters

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I’ve been craving a bit of structure of late, so I’m following this painting textbook from 1924. The opening chapter/diatribe on modern art is a hoot (love the idea of ‘impressionist extremists’) but the technical chapters were full of gems. This is the first tonal exercise...

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Been treated to a lush set of extra long filbert Silver Grand Prix brushes for my birthday. Looking forward to me first daub! What’s your favourite painting tool artfans? @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/gztdh4SnKV

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Gosh what a slog! Feel like I’ve turned a corner though. But still got a long ways still to go... #SundayFunday

[Adam Newton @ADJNewton]

More progress! Like the rest of this project, the face is proving trickier than I thought. Frida’s direct and untrained style actually hides some rather sophisticated techniques... https://t.co/MlJtZxfYBv

[Adam Newton @ADJNewton]

Cat! #fridakahlo #copyingthemasters #selfportrait #artistsoninstagram #arte #kunst #oilpainting #thursdaymotivation #eastcliffcreatives #tomorrowsfreedom #adamnewton https://t.co/HhpZgPCHGq

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The monkey has landed. Now for the cat... @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/34vDM3ddyl

[Adam Newton @ADJNewton]

Couple of brooding shots of my little boy Felix this morning. On the hunt for painters to look at who capture children sans the usual cliches. Any suggestions artfans? @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/kMT3mZCmP4

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@clairesparkes1 @SGFADrawing @mallgalleries @figurativeart Congrats! Pretty sure I went to school with your model!

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One of the less awful self portraits to emerge from my oil monotype sessions. With a colour scheme lifted from a Tintin comic, a kind of Herge/Bellany mashup? @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/hTSQnqHsUM

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Habemos foliage! @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/9vd1lfUJau

[Adam Newton @ADJNewton]

Some progress! Things learned so far: 1) warm ground was probably a mistake 2) Frida used a lot more fine brushwork than I realised! This is proving more labour intensive than I expected... @ Folkestone, Kent https://t.co/MUf7QiHoc3