Month: August 2023

Lance Corporal Jack Jones

Only time for one more portrait today and it's Lance Corporal Jack Jones, played by Clive Dunn.  I picked out this portrait because of all...

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Private Joe Walker

Next up is Private Joe Walker, played by James Beck, one of my favourite two characters in this TV show.  What I liked about the source photo was...

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Sergeant Arthur Wilson

I was away for a few days for a wedding in Leeds last weekend and just started playing in a correspondence chess tournament.  With too much brain...

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LumenF

I didn't have much time today but still wanted to do some painting so went for a bit of figure drawing with the inktense pencils.  It's LumenF's...

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Disapproval From Mount Rushmore

Another watercolour today.  I wanted to have another go with the desert supergranulators supplemented with cool blues after they worked out so well...

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Inverie In Tundra Colours

I didn't stay away long.  I'm back to paint Inverie again, this time using the tundra supergranulators.  I've chosen a different viewpoint and was...

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The Old Forge In Watercolour

I'm back on the watercolours and couldn't resist having another go at The Old Forge in Ivernie.  It was tempting have a go at this scene in tundra...

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The Old Forge, Inverie

This, or at least the building on the far left, is The Old Forge, a pub in the village of Inverie on the Knoydart Peninsula.  It was in the news...

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Torre Nubia

After that View From Ardtinish Castle, that dear old boy Howard has done it again and come up with another amazing holiday photo made up of simple...

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View From Ardtornish Castle

An old mate from Uni, Howard, was recently on holiday in the Scottish Highlands and Islands and posted loads of photos on Facebook.  The one on...

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The Mukurob (Finger Of God)

So after finishing Hazel Soan's African Watercolours I wanted to strike while the iron was hot and paint something influenced by the book.  For...

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Queendown Warren Car Park

So here's my first ever charcoal painting.  It's of the entrance to a car park in Queendown Warren, somewhere between Hartlip and Medway Services....

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Charcoal Swatching

My Jackson’s order finally made it through yesterday so I was almost ready to start using the charcoals but first I set out to the shops. I...

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