Month: March 2022

Stepping Into Second Court

So, after reading that Peter Cronin book. I was keen to put his ideas into practice.  I picked this view from Christ's College, Cambridge because...

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The Old Man Of Stoor In Oil Pastel

I'm paying a second visit today to the Old Man Of Stoor on the Isle of Skye but this time with the oil pastels.  This time, though, I'm using oil...

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The Trinity Hall Wall

I've been rereading Webb On Watercolour and was reminded of the push-pull technique which I never got around to trying out, so I thought I'd give...

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The Call

It's been a bad day today and that means I must have been painting with watercolour.  This bad run needs to come to an end soon. I thought I'd...

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James Anderson

I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...

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Candace

I'm on the watercolours again today.  In an attempt to find some form, I'm going for a colourful bit of figure drawing as that normally works out...

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Bridge Near Oswaldkirk

Oil pastels are just too much fun.  Every other painting at the moment is in oil pastel and it's an oil pastel day today.  I thought I'd be...

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Once Upon A Time In The West Again

Time for a watercolour again and today was looking like a good day to be painting in the garden.  After yesterday's success with a Western and the...

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

After such a miserable effort yesterday, I had to go back to the oil pastels today. With the watercolours it's still touch and go whether I can...

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BronwynS

So here's today's second effort.  A debut for BronwynS.  I won't spend too long writing this one up.  It doesn't deserve the time. I stared trying...

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The Return Of Jazmine

I'm doing two figure drawings today.  I bought a new cartridge pad the other week for my inktense drawings and started filling it out.  But then a...

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Two Trees, Hartlip House

After a flop with the watercolours, I'm back to the oil pastels again, where everything always seems to go well and I can regain some confidence. ...

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Round The Back Of Hartlip Church

I'm finally back onto the watercolours today.  The weather looked good outside but the rain came along so I moved to the garage.  It would have...

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Animal Biscuit Valley, New Zealand

I'm still on the oil pastels but it's a landscape in New Zealand today.  Well kind of.  I've been a bit smart today and left out some rocks that...

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Rory Burns

I noticed the other day that I'd still not used my black oil pastel.  With watercolours, black's a pretty boring colour and a bad mixer.  I can...

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Annual Self Portrait 2022

It's time for the annual self portrait and after two years of inktense pencils, this year's portrait is in oil pastels.  I have a long way to go...

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KylieB Sitting On A Box

Back to the figure drawing with the inktense pencils today.  I've been doing a lot of these during 2022 and I expect people are getting bored with...

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