Will Topley
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...
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Will Topley
- Aug 10, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Aug 8, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Jun 27, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Jun 6, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Apr 26, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Aug 12, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Aug 30, 2015
- 5 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Jul 9, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Jun 22, 2015
- 5 min
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...
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Will Topley
- May 27, 2015
- 5 min
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....
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Will Topley
- Jan 1, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Nov 30, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Oct 27, 2014
- 3 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Sep 27, 2014
- 5 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Sep 18, 2014
- 4 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Sep 17, 2014
- 2 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Sep 13, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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Will Topley
- Aug 28, 2014
- 3 min
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...
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