Peter Brandt – Page 2 – pastel portraits

Brunswick Arts Exhibition

20 July, 20174 June, 2015 by Veronica Brandt

Chalk board advertising the exhibition. Not a very prominent gallery.

Preserving the highlights of the great Melbourne Art Exhibition.

Opening 1st May 6-9pm Exhibition 2nd May to 10th May
Avalon Prand
Peter Brandt
The value in his work is more as an exercise; to him, the finished piece is incidental.

Peter’s daily discipline produces prolific portraiture. Vindicated by an online appetite for consistent sources of content, people all over the world volunteering their faces for his habit. And a drawing archive of thousands to match. But even a cultivated habit requires courage to break. The struggle between being too conservative with colour, but hating to waste a drawing by being too crazy. This is his careful tightrope act to extract that elusive, effective technique.

Woodford Underground

26 August, 201724 December, 2014 by Veronica Brandt

Woodford Station from the Great Western Highway.

Peter started putting up old work in the tunnel underneath our local railway station a few months ago. Each drawing is labelled with the subject and webpage along with a little note saying “TAKE ME HOME” and they disappear really quickly.

Why give work away?

Art Drop Day

20 July, 20176 September, 2014 by Veronica Brandt

Remember this for next year: Art Drop Day 1st Tuesday in September.

We’re brainstorming how this idea could help find homes for the many portraits waiting in Peter’s studio.

The general idea is to join a world wide treasure hunt for random artwork. Each artist leaves work in a public place and posts to social media using the hashtag #artdropday. They can be as clear or cryptic as they want. Anyone can browse posts with this tag and look out for any drops in their area.

Grandview Exhibition 2014

20 July, 201725 August, 2014 by Veronica Brandt

Peter has two works entered in the Grandview Exhibition this year.

The exhibition runs from 11th August to 25th October.

The Grandview Hotel is prominent on the Great Western Highway on the south side, just east of the main shopping area. It is an easy walk from the train station.

Wentworth Falls is famous for its spectacular waterfalls on the south side. Locals might prefer the manmade lake on the north side – made to provide water for steam engines when the rail line came through last century. The lake has two playgrounds and new footpaths and covered bbq area.

There are 14 artworks on display from members of the Blue Mountains Artist Network.

Charcoal Management 101

22 July, 201718 April, 2013 by Peter Brandt

Someone has asked for some advice on how to tackle a still life assignment. Since this is my first ever attempt at telling, and showing, someone how to do anything even vaguely artistic, I hope you’ll have patience with me. Be aware that I have no training whatsoever in imparting knowledge; and if you are being tutored elsewhere, please remember that satisfaction shall be rendered unto that tutor before me. After all, they have Qualifications.

Introduction to my studio

20 July, 201728 February, 2013 by Peter Brandt

I could start with a detailed description of my converted single garage, complete with a layout plan and photos of every nook and cranny; but you’d probably be asleep before too long (which may be a good thing – you spend too much time on the internet anyway). So I’ll just stick to a paragraph here and a photo there, as it occurs to me.

For starters, meet my drawing sticks.