It was a tough call over who to paint today. ChatGPT wasn't able to come up with any celebrities I'd ever heard of whose birthday it was today....
Year: 2024
Nevermore
Today would have been Edgar Allen Poe's 215th birthday. I know this because I asked ChatGPT to name me a random celebrity born in January 19th....
Out On Queendown Warren
A tale of two paintings today. It wasn’t supposed to come out like this but I've ended up with one in the background and one on the foreground....
The Dragons Den Collection
And here it is: the complete collection of dragons. As expected, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. These look great and the...
Aaaaagggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Don't tell me that you didn't see this one coming. On this week's Dragons Den there will be a sixth dragon and six is a much better number for a...
Are You On TikTok?
And here's the fifth dragon in the den, Steven Bartlett. He's been given the flesh colour scheme, with the layers being putty, then soft peach,...
Reyt Oop My Street
The next dragon on the seat is Sara Davies. For a first layer I used bright orange, then henna, then cool grey 5. I was looking for an...
Touker Time!
Today's dragon is Touker Suleyman, a big favourite of mine. He's been given the grey colour scheme with cold grey 1, cold grey 4 and black. The...
Painting Watercolour Outdoors, Geoff Hunt – Book Review
Time for another book review. This one's only been in the shops for a couple of months. It's a 128 page paperback on plein air watercolour. The...
And That’s Why I’m Going To Make You An Offer
Next up is Peter Jones. I went for a blue colour scheme to match his whistle: blue pearl, then sky blue, then indigo blue. The sky blue died...
Meanwhile Deborah Meaden Has Some Questions About The Company’s Green Credentials
It was only a matter of time before I had a go at three layer portraits with computer assistance using markers. I've identified six triplets of...
Albert King
Today's painting is a long overdue subject and a less overdue experiment. The subject is guitarist Albert King. I've been making my way through...
Drawing Architecture, Richard Taylor – Book Review
It's been a busy day as I've been making notes on this book that I finished reading yesterday and am now ready to write up a review. Landscape...
Fire
Today it's a portrait of Jimi Hendrix. You can tell that I've used the Artist Assist App again just by looking at this one. I was planning to do...
Big Sam In Charcoal
This is one I've been planning for a while. Ever since I read the Nathan Fowkes book, I've been meaning to do a charcoal portrait. And as this...
Ross Kemp: Go With Your Gut
Since Pigpen went so well, I’ve been wondering whether I could fit a triple triple glazed portrait into the four hours that artists are allowed in...
Saturn
I really do need to finish my collection of planet paintings at some point so I'm back on the case today with Saturn. For a while my plan had been...
MikaM, Watching Ross Kemp’s Bridge Of Lies
After yesterday's sterling efforts, I thought I'd take it easy today and do an Inktense pencil figure drawing. It's been a long eleven weeks since...
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
My year end painting hiatus is over and I’m back in the studio. After thing breaks I tend to work my way back in slowly with low pressure works...