28 Dec 2020
LOOKING TO THE HEAVENS: Tim Baitson says he loves painting a good sky
Graphic designer Tim Baitson has a passion for painting in oil which frees him from the “quite strict and rigid” discipline of the day job. Based in Barnard Castle, he gives an insight into his art for this week’s Q&A.
Were you formally trained in oil painting?
I had no formal oil painting training, but we covered most disciplines and media whilst at art college. My dad used to paint in oils – it took him what seemed like an age to finish a painting. So I had this impression that oil painting was for old men, doing boring old paintings, but now I see I was wrong. Oil painting can be so easy. You make a mistake, just scrape it off and start again.