Jimmy Carr

Ever since I used dot cards to come up with patchwork portraits of Salvador Dali, Roger Waters and Sir Geoff Hurst, I've been thinking about doing...

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Long Hot Summer Night

This is another painting that's been brewing for a while. If I don't look at the clouds and see naked women, what else is there to see? Well,...

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My Approach To Posterised Paintings

This article is one that's been bubbling away in my head for a while. It came to the boil last night when I asked an AI app to critique one of my...

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Monty Panesar On Mastermind

Today's idea came from a YouTube video over breakfast the other day. It was a video of the ten most embarrassing celebrity appearances on quiz...

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Complements Of The Seasons

And here's the complete collection. I started by thinking about colour schemes. I've painted collections of monotone paintings with a single...

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Autumn Reeser In Red And Green

Next up is Autumn Reeser. She's an American actress but I have to be honest here and admit to never having heard of her before now. According to...

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Donna Summer In Blue And Orange

Next up in this collection is (maybe not a surprise to some) Donna Summer. I've painted her in blue and orange. Once again I've kind of got a...

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Dick Spring In Violet And Yellow

I’ve had an idea for a new set of marker portraits. There will be four works in the set but I'll keep the theme a secret for now. It is a really...

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Les Dawson

After almost a week off, I'm back to painting today. After seeing how the M Graham landscape colours resulting quite restrained, brown up...

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Could It Be Magic?

Today I quite fancied putting dry pigment down on the paper and wetting it. I'd already picked out a photo of Barry Manilow that might look good...

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Miss Magnolia Muse

OK then, I’ve built up a decent reserve of paintings for when any are sold at the Rose & Crown and need replacing. I can get back to painting...

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The Tryst

I had another go at a sky painting in soft pastels today but I'm already veering off the beaten path by going for a cloud formation that looks like...

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Atmospheric Buildings In Watercolour

So, yes, as I was saying, I bought a couple of books the other day that I thought I needed. This is the second one. It's a 144 page paperback on...

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The Touch Of Pan

Something a bit different today. This frying pan was going to be thrown out and replaced so I thought I'd grab it and paint it. if I was doing...

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Sir Geoff Hurst

I had to order a load of paints and paper from Jackson’s the other day and was delighted to see another dot card thrown in as. Free extra. This...

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Fixative On Soft Pastels

Before my next painting, which will be in soft pastels, a long overdue experiment. If I’m ever to sell soft pastel paintings (and I'm planning on...

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