Month: March 2021

Cathy Jean

Back to the inktense pencils and figure drawing. All these different artistic styles and media are like spinning plates and if I don't keep...

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Valdeinfierno In Purple And Orange

That last painting, The Thin Ice, felt like a flop to me but got lots of likes on Facebook and on DeviantArt.  The only good thing it had going for...

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The Thin Ice

After the disaster that was The Brimham Rocks, I wasn't happy.  I wanted to chase the frustrations out of my system by bashing out a second...

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The Brimham Rocks

Today's subject is The Brimham Rocks, a rock formation somewhere near Harrogate in North Yorkshire.  My rocky paintings have been pretty good this...

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Richard Feynman

I had another read of my Charles Reid book last night (Painting By Design) and saw a couple of his videos  on YouTube this morning, so thought it...

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Moose On The Phoenix Trail

Reading that George Blacklock book during the week I started to think about how artists like Dali, Mageitte and Blacklock himself have common theme...

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Book Review Rating Policy

I saw the other day that I'd reached fifty pages linked to the subject of book reviews and thought it was about time that I said something about...

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