Sandro Botticelli – John Allcock

Botticelli and me

09/01/202517/01/2023 by John

A good friend of mine sent me a text today which, for a time, left me nonplussed as to how I should reply. He knows of my recent experiments with tempera, and he pointed out that Botticelli’s Primavera is done in that medium. Yessss! The reply I’ve settled on is: “it seems that I still … Read more

An art experiment, or an honourable tradition?

09/01/202504/11/2022 by John

Recently I began a composition which soon left me very dissatisfied. I decided to use oil pastels (after a very long break from this medium) and selected the wrong paper with which to use them. It was a very complex piece of drawing, and having established a rather good composition I was reluctant just to … Read more