This book arrived in a post yesterday. No art books for me for Christmas so I thought I'd better order one and learn more about using pastels...
Month: December 2024
Swatching New Soft Pastels
My 112th soft pastel arrived in the post today, filling up my wooden pastel box, so I was straight out to the studio to swatch all 56 of my new...
Christmas Stash 2024
Happy Christmas everybody. I'm busy rushing round finding homes for all my presents before I go for my daily walk. But then I thought, why not...
Website Tinkering
I’m still on my year end painting hiatus but that's not going to stop me posting. Individual posts on this website of artworks that are up for...
The 2024 Artistic Actuary Video
I wasn't feeling it today. I think it's time for me to down tools and start my Christmas break. It's a bit awkward when Christmas Day falls on a...
Crash Landing
And here's the companion piece to go with 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be). The process for painting it is exactly the same. Both paintings...
1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
I wanted to do something today that didn't involve using a photographic source. The idea was that I could watch the World Championship Chess at...
Michael Portillo
I had quite a long afternoon free today so thought I'd have a go at a posterised watercolour portrait. Today's subject is faction icon and former...
CasD, Drinks Break
It's been nine days since my last painting. December is too busy a month. I hope I’ve not lost any readers during the hiatus. The break might have...