There's been a lot of garden action today. The walls, roof, doors and windows have all gone up. The builders will be back again tomorrow to...
Year: 2023
Hoodoo In The Chinle Formation
Afternoon all. First, the obligatory opening paragraph for this time of year. A big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me...
Art Studio Foundations
The builders have been round today to put in the foundations for my art studio. I was only expecting them to put in the piles but they've also put...
Tree Looking Over Queendown Warren
Hello there, and a big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me into one of the pods for Landscape Artist Of The Year. The...
Thea In Artgraf
Yeah, too much other stuff going on in my life at the moment for me to be able to fully immerse myself in watercolours but I had a creative thought...
An England XI
So now I have a complete England XI. Properly balanced too: two opening batsmen, a wicket keeper and a five man bowling attack that includes two...
Mike Brearley
Another cricket portrait has been long overdue and I've finally come up with one. I wanted my cricket portraits to make up a balanced England XI...
Zaza II
So, as promised yesterday, I had another go at painting Zaza using the Artgraf colours. I've used exactly the same pose but have made a change to...
Zaza
I'm back on the Artgraf paints today for a number of reasons. It's pouring with rain outside for a start. And I'm a little bit distracted by the...
The South Wind
Yesterday was a day off but I'm back painting again today. I'm still not feeling up to painting some dead serious watercolours with my usual...
Bowerman’s Nose, Dartmoor
Similar subject matter to yesterday but this time it's on Dartmoor rather than Bodmin Moor. This is a stack of granite called Bowerman's Nose. ...
Dragon Path
Preparation of the site for my art studio is now complete, touch wood, so I can go back to painting even if I'm still feeling a little stressed. I...
Pulp Fiction
I have a day's respite today from preparing for the art studio and thought I'd better dust off some cobwebs and get back to my artwork. After...
Site Clearance
After some long manic days, managed to clear a site for my art studio to be built on. It's a huge relief to reach this stage as the company...
Six More PAOTY Rejections
Ok, if you insist, here are another six portraits that didn't get their artists onto Portrait Artist Of The Year. There's not just talent on...
PAOTY Rejections
I'm finally getting an art studio built in the garden in May but for this to happen, I have until 10 April to prepare the site for it by...
David
I'm conscious that my output with the Artgraf blocks has been a bit low so far and that I've not really yet worked out how to use them, so with...
Michael, Hot And Cold
After a couple of days off I'm back in action today. But with a family do on tomorrow, I don't want to start a coloured pencil portrait and have...
The YouTube Six
And here are the YouTube six in their full glory. Somehow Lee's ugly arms and Liron's cartoony smile are no longer a problem. These six guys just...
Liron Yanconsky
Hey, what's up, it's the Artistic Actuary here. After portraits of a music reactor, a mathy, a physicist, a chess nut boasting in an open foyer...