Why do i mix colours directly on the canvas? When I was at City and Guilds Art School learning stone carving I resisted copy carving stuff. That’s where you make drawings, clay and plaster versions of what you then copy. It’s very controlled and necessary for commission work as everything has to be approved by the client. But i was interested in direct carving – starting with a vague idea and seeing what happened.

Here are some…

The trouble is things can go wrong when working directly. Like in the painting here – the different greens.

But what is ‘wrong’ ?