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...
Year: 2023
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...
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...
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...
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...
Drawing & Painting Portraits In Watercolour, David Thomas – Book Review
Another book review and this time it's a foray into the world of watercolour portraits, surely a direction that I'll be travelling at some point in...
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...
Breaking The Rules Of Watercolour, Shirley Trevena – Book Review
Another book review and, for the second time in a row, it's a book that had a different focus to what I was expecting. I did put this book on my...
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...
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...
Hazel Soan’s African Watercolours – Book Review
Time for another book review. This 128–page paperback has been on my wishlist for a good few years, gradually making its way upwards as other...
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....
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...
Looking For Source Material For Charcoal
I'm still not painting today. I want my next piece of art to be charcoal based after reading the Kate Boucher book. I don't even want to read...
AveryA
I quite fancied putting up my feet today and continuing to read the latest Guy Gavriel Kay novel out in the studio with the cricket on the iPad in...
Drawing With Charcoal, Kate Boucher – Book Review
Ok, let's have one more book review. This was the first book. I read after the first batch of birthday presents arrived as I was keen to read any...
Drawing Hands & Feet, Eddie Armer – Book Review
Time for another book review. This is Eddie Armer's book on drawing hands and feet. Because hands and feet let me down so often in my figure...
Birthday Stash 2023
Right. The post has arrived and I'm pretty sure that I won't be getting any more birthday presents for another year, so it's time for me to share...
101 Textures In Colored Pencil. Denise J. Howard – Book Review
It's that time of year when the artwork slows down a bit because I've been through a birthday and have a pile of new books that I'm eager to get...
Tundra Colours
This painting was long overdue. I'd had these tundra colours for a while and had painted a few snowy scenes in Nuuk, Greenland plus the odd U.K....