Now this is a book I've had my eye on for a while. It's been up near the top of my Amazon wishlist and every time I've looked at the list I've...
Month: June 2023
Egyptian Sorcery
Just a quick one today. I had that one crackle pasted board still waiting to be used and wanted to cross it off my list so here goes. I started...
Duane Allman
I've been tearing through the artwork this week and thought I'd take a break, so spent most of the day out in the studio catching up on the novel...
The H1 2023 Artistic Actuary Poll
Right, I've built up enough material to put out another poll on which of my paintings people people like. As usual, it only takes a couple of...
Towards Third Court, Christ’s College, Cambridge
About a week ago, when I painted Garrow Farm in coloured pencils, I discovered the joy of jamming along to music with coloured pencils and just...
Ancient Sorceries
I fancied giving the oil pastels another go today. It feels like too long since I came up with a decent oil pastel painting. I looked through my...
I Can Read Your Mind
So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio. Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...
Capturing Light, Catherine Beale – Book Review
What with all the doors and windows in the house being replaced this week, I've had too much on to be thinking about to be able to do any painting....