Preston Portrait Challenge 2024
I look forward to the Preston Portrait Challenge every year! Below is a blog post about my experience at this year's event. The Preston...
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Daniel Sharples
Feb 34 min read
Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2024
Hello everyone! I appeared on Series 9 Episode 4 of Sky Landscape Artist of the Year as a pod artist this week, which was filmed at...
Daniel Sharples
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Edinburgh Paintings
I've not posted for quite a while as I've been busy working on gallery commitments and doing a lot of studio and plein air work. I...
Daniel Sharples
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Sky Arts LAOTY
I appeared (very briefly!) as a "wildcard" on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2023 (S8 E1) last week. It was filmed in Blackpool...
Daniel Sharples
Nov 3, 20221 min read
Hong Kong Paintings
I haven't posted on my blog for a while as I've had a lot going on. I was recently in Hong Kong for family reasons but I managed to get...
Daniel Sharples
May 21, 20221 min read
1st Prize - Painting Padiham
I’m well chuffed! I won 1st Prize at the Painting Padiham exhibition today. Thanks to Picture House and everyone who organised the event,...
Daniel Sharples
May 16, 20221 min read
Painting Padiham 2022
I took part in Painting Padiham at the weekend. It’s a brilliant event; very well organised and I had a great day. I just wish more...
Daniel Sharples
May 10, 20221 min read
TALP Open 2022
I'm really pleased to announce that my painting Luk Yu Tea House has been selected for the TALP Open 2022 at Patchings Art Centre,...
Daniel Sharples
May 2, 20221 min read
Blog Preston Article
A nice article about my work and upcoming exhibition in Blog Preston (click image for link).
Daniel Sharples
Mar 27, 20221 min read
River Wyre
To the big group of teenagers who came along and started skinny dipping right in front of my painting, I forgot to tell you a family...
Daniel Sharples
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Castle Lane, Garstang Plein Air
A few photos from my recent painting of Castle Lane in Garstang. A few passersby/residents seemed a bit bemused about why I had chosen to...
Daniel Sharples
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Farmers Arms, Garstang
I’ll be putting on a solo exhibition at Garstang Arts Centre in May this year (more details soon) so that can only mean one thing… lots...
Daniel Sharples
Mar 13, 20221 min read
Th’Owd Tithe Barn, Garstang
A painting from yesterday in Garstang. I made a little video of the process too…
Daniel Sharples
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Garstang
Despite being only a 20-minute drive away, I’d actually never properly visited Garstang until a couple of months ago. I went one Sunday...
Daniel Sharples
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Painting in the car
Painting in the car, or ‘en plein car’ as I like to call it, is what I do when I feel like painting but can’t be bothered going out in...
Daniel Sharples
Jan 19, 20221 min read
Studio Landscape
The winter weather along with other work commitments means I've not been doing as much plein air work as I'd like lately. Here's a small...
Daniel Sharples
Jan 17, 20221 min read
January plein air
I haven’t been doing much plein air painting much lately, partly due to the weather, partly due to a commission I’ve been working on plus...
Daniel Sharples
Dec 23, 20211 min read
Merry Christmas
I haven’t been out painting for a month, so to get into the Christmas spirit I went out today to paint the Christmas tree and the new...
Daniel Sharples
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Looks nice through glass!
The weather was beautiful today. I love the shadows the low winter sun casts. I found this nice little view on Blackleach Lane, Salwick...
Daniel Sharples
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Plein Air Time-lapse
Hand & Dagger, 12 x 8” oil on linen Here’s a time-lapse video I made of me painting it: https://youtu.be/mb5FfgDtJO4 I filmed it all on...
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