Author: rozhall

  • NFT drop: Red Beard

    My digital painting, Red Beard (a study of flesh under mixed lighting), was painted on iPad using Procreate when it had just recently been released. It was an experiment with the app’s “Old brush”, which gave a nice loose “painterly” feel that I’d been trying to capture within the digital medium. In 2012, Red Beard…

  • Self portrait with ring (2021): iPad painting

    iPad painting self portrait for 2021. I try to do at least one each year. The NFT has been minted and it is available as a one-off on Opensea

  • NFT for mental health

    Scrolling through Twitter last night, it was moving to read so many personal accounts relating to mental health, the conversation triggered by Roman Kemp’s BBC iPlayer documentary looking at the rise in male suicide. In the past, I’ve used my artwork to work through difficult moments in my life. I was fortunate enough to get…

  • Portrait of two sisters (2020)

    This is my #NHSheroes commission. I put out an invitation to local #NHS workers, and received a requests from a couple (both doctors) to complete a portrait of their daughters. Charcoal, conte, and gold leaf on paper

  • Self portrait in lockdown (2020)

  • Spotlight – Lockdown Madonna (2020)

    During the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, frontline staff were still required to go to work to keep the country running, and risking their own safety. This portrait is of an NHS frontline worker, who was working directly with Covid-19 patients.

  • Portrait of EC (2020)

  • Digital Painting workshop

    Digital Painting workshop

    I was fortunate enough to spend the day with 5 groups of pupils at a school in Hampshire to deliver iPad painting workshops. Focusing on still life and portraiture, I used iPads and Autodesk Sketchbook to demonstrate some of the advantages digital painting has over traditional mediums.

  • Art in Action: London

    Art in Action: London

    I was invited to talk at the Training Partnerships’ Art in Action day in London, alongside Royal Academy President Rebecca Salter, Turner Prize nominee Richard Billingham, and award-winning set designer Tom Piper MBE. My talk was introducing an audience of 900 AS and A-Level students to the Mobile Digital Art movement and included a short…

  • Portrait of DB (2020)

  • iPad painting

    I have a couple of presentations coming up this winter and thought I’d take this opportunity to experiment with some quick paintings using Procreate on iPad Watch the video process

  • An evening drawing my mother

    I’ve made a start on a new portrait on self identity. This one is a charcoal portrait of my mother, to go alongside the portrait of my father.