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So Farewell 2020
As 2020 comes to an end and having redesigned my website, I realise I have neglected my blog this year. It’s been a hard, stressful year...
Will Topley
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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Standon Calling 2019 and painting people when they are moving
Laundry Meadows stage Standon Calling 2019 I have failed to write posts about the number of things we did this year but I may go back to...
Will Topley
Aug 10, 20193 min read
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The new print shop.
I’m working on this site and I’ve been checking out options for a shop. At the moment I have gone for a one page shop with limited stock...
Will Topley
Aug 8, 20191 min read
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The Chalke Valley History Festival 2017
For the past 3 years I have been lucky enough to be invited to draw speakers at the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival. The...
Will Topley
Jun 27, 20172 min read
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Sri Lanka in April 2018
Join me from the 18th to the 26th April for a week of painting in the inspirational settling of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a wonderfully...
Will Topley
Jun 6, 20172 min read
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Drawing at Concerts
Recital at Imperial College I have always enjoyed drawing people. I think that because finding sitters is not always easy and when found...
Will Topley
Apr 26, 20172 min read
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October in Kenya
I have let my blog fall fallow this last year and although I have regularly uploaded paintings and drawings to my Instagram feed at...
Will Topley
Aug 12, 20162 min read
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The Pintar Rapido Weekend
WT at Pintar Rapido (looking exhausted) It was a beautiful English summer day but hotter. There were blue sky’s and lovely cotton wool...
Will Topley
Aug 30, 20155 min read
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Pintar Rapido London, 11th – 12th July 2015
Just a quick mention that I will be taking part in Pintar Rapido, London this year. It takes place over two days; on Saturday 11th July...
Will Topley
Jul 9, 20151 min read
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Srilanka, a holiday with paints
My wife went through a period of illness a couple of years ago. She is feeling much better now and to celebrate this she took me and her...
Will Topley
Jun 22, 20155 min read
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What a difference a year makes
I wrote a blog post in March 2014 about my trip to Barbados and my plan to try and speed up my painting rate by doing some pochades....
Will Topley
May 27, 20155 min read
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Royal We
For nearly 15 years now, I have been teaching drawing and painting at the Princes Drawing School – or, as it should now be called, the...
Will Topley
Apr 5, 20155 min read
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Seasons Greetings
New Year Party Blower This is the last painting for 2014, a small party blower sketch in oil on primed paper. If you suddenly have an...
Will Topley
Jan 1, 20152 min read
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The Rapt Quiz and an Art lesson
Four of the Team RAPT stands for the Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust. It is a truly worthy cause. Many people find themselves...
Will Topley
Nov 30, 20142 min read
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A Berkshire drawing room with two Labradors
Drawing of a Berkshire Drawing Room Earlier this year I was asked to paint an interior of a house in Berkshire. It is a very beautiful...
Will Topley
Oct 27, 20143 min read
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Newbury Races
Newbury Races, Haynes Hanson and Clark Conditions Stakes, 2014. Oil on panel 8 x 9 inches In spite of being born in Hong Kong (a great...
Will Topley
Sep 27, 20145 min read
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Carnival Weekend
A Weekend at Fonthill I have never been to an Indian wedding but have heard that the party goes on for 3 days and nights and that they...
Will Topley
Sep 18, 20144 min read
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Birthday weekend Invitations
Invitation to Carnival Party I was very pleased to be asked to do  the invitations for the weekend of my stepson Declan’s birthday...
Will Topley
Sep 17, 20142 min read
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Bookplate
My step son Declan is 21 and I wanted to give him something to mark the occasion. He is a country boy who loves country persuits such as...
Will Topley
Sep 13, 20141 min read
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Two Summer Landscapes
Morning view over the Chalke Valley 7″ x 8″, Oil on gesso We went to say with friends for the Chalke Valley History Festival. It only...
Will Topley
Aug 28, 20143 min read
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