This is the third of the classic Jack Hamm books in my collection. There's a fourth one out there on cartooning that I won't be bothering with....
Month: July 2022
Nuuk Art Museum
It was always going to be another supergranulating day today. But tundra or shire? I went for tundra. The shire set is one that I might be able...
Denali National Park 2
Still making my way through my pile of new art supplies and today it's a first outing for my Schmincke supergranulating tundra watercolours. They...
Big Sam In Coloured Pencil
I still have loads of new art gear to try out, so no dash and splash for me today. It’s time to give the coloured pencils a first outing. For...
Inside The Tuck Inn
After doing two drawings from the other side of the road opposite the Tuck Inn, I was ready to step inside and enjoy a milkshake while doing a...
Cherry Stand In Tuck Inn Car Park
While I was drawing the Tuck Inn, I also had one eye on a stand in the car park where someone was selling cherries. I thought it might make a good...
The Tuck Inn
This afternoon I took a stroll down to the Tuck Inn, my local purveyor of breakfast baguettes with the intention of running off another two or...
Looking Towards Hartlip House
And here's today's third effort, a different view from the same bench. The drawing feels like a step down from the first two. There are various...
Hartlip Church Porch
Next I moved position to get a view of the porch at the front of the church. I went against the advice of Alex Hillkurtz and picked a viewing...
Hartlip Church Tower 2
Tempting as it is to binge read my pile of new art instruction books, I do really need to test out some of my new art gear. First up are the...
Line And Wash Painting: Liz Chaderton – Book Review
Another book review, and today it’s Liz Chaderton's book on line and wash painting, something I wanted to read before I head outside for some dash...
Sketching Techniques For Artists: Alex Hillkurtz – Book Review
In the end I got eight books for my birthday. Six of them are already here in front of me; two aren't published until August, so I know exactly...
Polychromos Swatching
So I've done a huge swatch of those Polychromos coloured pencils and here it is. They look good. Even the cobalt green and rose carmine will end...
Birthday Stash 4/4: Everything Else
And then there's all this other stuff: - a backpack big enough to fit the big white plastic bits that come with my easel. No more lugging two...
Birthday Stash 3/4: Polychromos Coloured Pencils
And there's more. A set of 36 Polychromos coloured pencils, a case with room to expand to 60 pencils and a couple of pads of cartridge paper. ...
Birthday Stash 2/4: Fineliners
Next up are these fineliner pens, complete with pen case and extra smooth watercolour paper to use them on. The case is big enough to also fit the...
Birthday Stash 1/4: Schmincke Supergranulating Watercolours
So it's my birthday and I've got a lot of new art gear. Jeepers. So much that I've split it all over four posts, three of which will set me off...
Red House
Today's one of those weird days of the year. The day before my birthday. Who knows what sort of art gear or art books will appear tomorrow?...
Tidying Up The Shop Windows
I've not done any painting for a while, although obviously the weather's had a lot to do with this. I've not been completely idle, though, and...
New Court In Colour
Bearable temperature outside today? With worse to come, I thought it best to get out there with the watercolours while it was still possible. The...