The painting's slowed down this week as our dog's had a big health scare and isn't yet back to normal. So I’ve been keeping her company a lot of...
Month: November 2025
Steve Clarke
There's been too much other stuff going on lately for me to be able to do any painting since Saturday. One of those distractions was Scotland's...
Kristy Jo II
I wasn't in the mood for hard work today, probably because I'm only 40 pages away from the end of a 1300+ page long Murakami novel and feeling...
Billy Showell’s Botanical Painting In Watercolour
It's a book review today. This is a book that I spotted in the shops on my most recent trip to London. I've never really given botanical painting a...
Jackson’s Art Prize 2026
No painting today but I have submitted these two works for the Jackson’s Art Prize 2026. Both have been taken down from the shop window for now. ...
Self Portrait 2026
After a sleep and a walk, I decided that yesterday's painting wasn't going to be next year's official portrait me Portrait Artist Of The Year...
How Do Mountains Hear?
It's that time of year when I need to start thinking about the next call for entries to portrait Artist Of The Year. And that means I need to come...
Abraham Lincoln
It's time to give the Artgraf blocks another go. Today's subject is Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. I still don't...
Then Came The Lawyers, Then Came The Rules
Someone in the village laid down a challenge. He asked if I could paint a portrait of his husband David in the style of Amedeo Modigliani. After...
InnaBG In Inktense Pencil
At last it's happened. I've managed to create a figure painting in Inktense pencil the way I wanted, with lots of white space and with darks that...
Polystyrene Chips!
I keep talking about these and there must be people out there who have no idea what I'm talking about. These are polystyrene chips, used for...
Telegraph Sang A Song About The World Outside
OK, the hiatus is definitely over now. I only have three chess games left on the go, one of which is about to finish, so enough of my energy and...