And here's the final dash and splash of the day. I didn't have to dash very far after drawing it as it's a view from my back garden, albeit with...
Month: August 2022
Archway To Hartlip Church, Dashed And Splashed
The plan was to do three dash and splashes today but we had an early dinner and I had to head home after doing two drawings. After lunch, I went...
Hartlip Village Hall
Next I wandered over to the village hall and found a comfortable place to sit and draw. I might have put the village hall slightly too high on the...
Hartlip Methodist Church
I’ve had a busy day dashing and splashing around the village. I just woke I up in that sort of mood. I started by heading for the Methodist...
Old Nuuk
Here we go then. Back on the watercolours and it's a gentle return because I'm reaching for the tundra supergranulators and doing another painting...
JenH In Coloured Pencil
It was still raining today, so no watercolours. Instead, I went for the experiment at the top of my list. I know that angular figure drawing of...
Neil Young In Coloured Pencil
I've had a couple of days off doing a bit of retirement planning but am back on the painting again now. After discovering how my figure drawing...
Watercolour The Natural World: Tim Pond – Book Review
This should be interesting. A book on painting the natural world, featuring lots of different flora and fauna in lots of different habitats. It's...
Blast Wall, Glazing House, Oare Gunpowder Works
I took a trip out today to Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park near Faversham. It's a forest with lots of walks through it, along with a private...
Cammie
The weather wasn't looking good today so I stayed indoors. After a run of straight edged figure drawing s with the coloured pencils, I'm back to...
JenH
I headed out to my local Hobbycraft yesterday to do some shopping. I bought replacements for seven or eight colours that seem to be shrinking down...
KathyB
It's an indoor job today while I wait for the rain to arrive. I thought I'd have another go at a figure drawing with the coloured pencils, again...
Hazel Soan’s Art Of The Limited Palette – Book Review
This is one gorgeous looking book. It's a 192-page hardback and the name of the book in the top right has been embossed. I can't stop running my...
CharlieK’s Back
I won't be going outside to paint during this latest heatwave, so I'm back on the coloured pencils and doing some figure drawing: my first go with...
Candle
Back on the inktense pencils today. Got to keep all those plates spinning. Today's model is Candle, making her debut on theses pages. Colours...
Bodin Church, Norway
My friend Cathy, who takes more photos that would make good paintings than anyone I know is currently enjoying a holiday in the frozen North and...
The Landscape Painter’s Workbook: Mitchell Albala – Book Review
Now here's a book I've been looking forward to. It's Mitch's second book. The first got rave reviews but was very oils focused. This one is...
David Gilmour
Back on the coloured pencils and I thought I'd try doing a portrait of David Gilmour. I tried something different today: as well as using a grid,...
Avebury Stones
I was ready today to take a second stab at painting something with the Schmincke Shire watercolours. I learned some lessons from my first go that...
Clearing In Newington Woods
So, after all that swatching, here's my first go with the Shire supergranulating colours. I trekked a mile or two across some fields in the...