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Oil Portrait Test - Kristyna
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...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Nikita in Colour
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...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 10, 20241 min read


Livia in Colour
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...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Sketching Nikita
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Madeleina Kay
Jul 6, 20241 min read


Richard Demarco, Eurovision and the Brexiles Exhibition in Edinburgh
After our MA teaching session on Thursday, I realised that I hadn’t prepared anything for the trip to Edinburgh the following day. So in...

Madeleina Kay
May 12, 202411 min read


Sketching Livia
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Madeleina Kay
May 1, 20241 min read


The "Brexiles" exhibition is coming to Edinburgh!
I'm excited to announce that my "Brexiles" exhibition - portraits of 27 Brits who left the UK because of Brexit - is going on tour! It...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 28, 20244 min read


JC in Colour
These are the watercolour and ink portrait and oil pastel study of JC Candanedo who is participating in my research project. First, I...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 6, 20241 min read


Drawing JC
JC Candanedo is participating in my MA Research project. He is a photographer, artist and trustee for Axis (the Arts charity for which I...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Intersectional Identities in Oil Pastels
I created these oil pastel drawings of Lora, Redi and Kristyna who are participating in my MA Research Project into intersectional...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 17, 20243 min read


Adding a Splash of Colour to my sketches
Still working with my friends, Redi, Lora and Kristyna's portraits - I decided to turn their portrait sketches into an abstract splatter...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 7, 20243 min read


Drawing Lora
Lora Krasteva is one of my MA research participants and a close friend of mine in Sheffield. I asked her to send me some photographs from...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 3, 20242 min read


Drawing Redi
Redi Asabella is one of my MA research project participants and a close friend of mine. I had a number of photos from projects we have...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 2, 20242 min read


Drawing Kristyna
Kristyna Ilek is one of my MA research project participants and a dear friend of mine. Since I have access to so many lovely photos of...

Madeleina Kay
Jan 1, 20241 min read


Brexiles Exhibition Open Night Event
On 29th September 2023, Sheffield for Europe supported the Open Night Event for Madeleina Kay's 'Brexiles' exhibition at the Circle...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 30, 20233 min read


Brexiles Exhibition - The Circle Gallery, Sheffield
'Portrait exhibition by Sheffield artist tells the story of Brits who left the UK because of Brexit' Article by Madeleina Kay originally...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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