Madeleina Kay Art

Now that I've finished all of the oil portraits, my next task is making the flags. I've started out by reviewing my notes from the...

Motaz is the last of the ten portraits I had to paint. I wasn't sure if I would be able to get them all finished by the end of this week...

I really love the colours Ania chose for her portrait - which represent her positive and uplifting personality and caring nature. I also...

I found Marcelo's portrait tricky for two reasons; firstly, the photograph I was working from had a very intense shadow on the right side...

Livia always shows up dressed in a rainbow selection vibrant colours - so I think it was hard for her to choose just four colours for...

I've started to feel like the potato painting on canvas wasn't really going anywhere - it also doesn't make a lot of sense to use this...

I was a bit apprehensive starting Nikita's portait; firstly, because she is the only one of my project participants who I have never met...

I think i'm enjoying this part of the project more than anything else. I have enjoyed the interviews, because they have been really deep,...

I found this portrait a bit more challenging because JC decided to change his colour selection during the interview and also sent me a...

Lora's is the second portrait I've finished for my research project  into identity. Lora's took longer to complete than Kristyna's,...

I've finished the first of ten oil portraits I am creating for my research project into identity. I painted the backgrounds  of the...

I feel like I've nearly destroyed my mental health in the process but I have managed to reach my target of finishing all of the portrait...

Motaz understood the "choose your colours" brief right away and sent me the following list along with a selection of really great profile...

Since I have been focussed on my research paper and struggling with managing ongoing health issues since the Summer, I had rather let...

Marcelo took the colour brief to heart and gave me the following, brilliantly poetic response: ORANGE This is my inner fire colour which...

I'm really excited that my textiles square has been included in the UAL Post-Grad Community Family Heirloom Patchwork Quilt which is...

I attended the SNP conference representing the Young European Movement (YEM) last weekend, and got talking to the stall opposite - the...

I decided to do a "test" piece for my oil portraits on a canvas half the size which I will eventually create them on. I decided to work...

I started with the linework in waterproof ink for Nikita's portraits. I have a cheat method for accuracy of using my Macbook screen as a...

Post elections I'm slowly getting back to making some progress on my identity research project... I need to be more focussed on this over...