I needed to paint something other than portraits and, while looking around my Cambridge college's website, hit upon the idea of painting the inside...
Year: 2024
Three-One!
Something about that Joe Jordan painting yesterday put me in a nostalgic mood and wanting to keep going back to the 1978 World Cup. And the...
Joe Jordan
Today I have been mostly painting a portrait of Joe Jordan. As he's wearing a Scotland shirt it seemed appropriate to paint this one with three...
Jennifer Evie II
I've been on the inktense pencils today as I wasn't feeling in the mood for watercolour. I picked out this pose by Jennifer Evie; it's her second...
Paul With Markers
I've been out most of the day but came back to see some Facebook banter from old Christ's boy Paul wondering whether he could get me to send him...
Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil
Time for something new. This has been brewing away in my mind for a couple of weeks and I finally decided to give it a go. It's my first ever...
The Man That Mildred Married
After a day off I was back today with the oil pastels. For a subject I picked out comedy actor Brian Murphy. As usual I put down a pencil outline...
Gary Moore
After managing to capture the face that Warren Haynes pulls when he hits a high note, I thought I'd thought I'd try a repeat performance by...
Introducing Potters’ Pink To The Team
It’s been a couple of years since I picked up three Daniel Smith Primatek colours for Christmas and I'm ready now to discuss their future. First...
Tres Hombres
I wanted to have another go at painting ZZ Top after failing so badly a couple of days ago. This time, though, it would be in watercolour and...
Freddie Mercury
Right. That's enough of the Inktense pencils. I need to get back to watercolour portraits to impress any passing Portrait Of The Year Judges. I...
ZZ Top
Today's was a bit of flop. I wanted to have another go at a three layer Inktense pencil band portrait and decided to have a go at ZZ Top. I...
Human Figure Drawing, Daniela Brambilla – Book Review
On to the last of my Christmas books. I've been looking forward to this one as it's an absolute monster. It's nit just hardback, it's not just...
Rush
A new month and new boundaries to push, new ideas to explore. I've been having all this fun with the Artist Assist App but have only so far used...
Amy Winehouse
I heard some of the late Amy Winehouse's music the other day. I'm guessing it must have been a question on either Only Connect or University...
More Coloured Pencil Solvent Testing
After yesterday's late night fun, I kicked off today with three more experiments with coloured pencil solvents. First, I had an overnight thought...
Testing Coloured Pencil Solvent On Neil McCarthy
It's been a day for experimentation today. After reading the Alyona Nickelsen book, I thought I really should give solvents a go with coloured...
Ginger
A late start today because I've been reading Daniella Brambilla's book on figure drawing (review coming soon). Daniella did, though, give me an...
Nurse Mildred Ratched
This is Nurse Ratched, famously played by Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in a performance that won her the Best Actress Oscar...
Warren Haynes In Watercolour
The closing date for Portrait Artist Of The Year is on 5 February, ten days away. I've already submitted my entry but this is the time of her when...