Let's do a book review before kicking back and enjoying Saturday evening. I read this one yesterday. It's a 103 page paperback, quite short by...
Author: Steve
Just Believe In Me Baby And I’ll Take You Away
After Galen went so well earlier this month, I thought I'd have another go with the Artgraf blocks. This time, though, it's a figure painting. The...
He Made A Home In The Wilderness
It's back to landscapes and to soft pastels today. This is neither WW2 pillbox, this time on the Wales Coast Path in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. So...
People Driving Home From The Factories
Today was a good day for a long painting after getting out really early to go for my walk before the temperature got too high. And when things did...
Police Chief Clancy O’Hara
My plan today was to give the potters' pink a good workout and, in particular, to use some of the more interesting mixes it makes with some of the ...
Planet Of The Apes (TV Series) Series
These three look pretty good together. We have: Galen, in Artgraf Urko in crystalline watercolour Doctor Zaius in watercolour All...
Doctor Zaius
It was always going to happen. Today's subject is Doctor Zaius from the Planet Of The Apes TV series, played by Booth Colman. After painting Galen...
Urko
A late start today, not been for my walk yet, thinking ahead to the England game and a bit obsessive about not wanting a day away from reading...
Walking Thirty Miles With A Sack On His Back
Today was a for landscapes and a day for soft pastels, both of which have been waiting for some action for a while. The subject matter is one of...
Galen
Time for an Artgraf painting today. There's a portrait that I did of Duane Allman two years go today where I wondered whether I should have stopped...
The Cage
Not a long afternoon for me today, so I went for a quick portrait with the crystalline watercolours. The subject today is Susan Oliver playing...
Gravitational Waves
I've done a few patchwork portraits in the past. These are where I come up with a two value plan for a portrait, mask out the whites and then...
He Put Down His Load Where He Thought It Was The Best
Today was a day for (i) a watercolour landscape, (ii) some neglected colours to see some action, and (iii) to be inspired by a YouTube video in...
Now You Act A Little Colder Like You Don’t Seem To Care
You know what? I've done one posterised landscape and plenty of posterised portraits using the trippy colour scheme but until today had never...
Monsieur Guy Gadbois: Here’s Lurking At Yeu Keed
I was in the mood for a pencil portrait yesterday, so made a start on this one and managed to finish it today. The subject is Peter Sellers as...
Three Ball Charlie
This is my first painting for eleven days. It started off as a break of a few days but then I entered a correspondence chess tournament, started...
Real Men Wax
Not much artwork this week but I did spend yesterday applying wax to some unframeable paintings. I got the idea from a Liz Chaderton video earlier...
This Is Not My Sandwich
I've not done enough portraits lately and thought I'd work my way back in gently with the crystalline watercolours. This is Catherine Tate as the...
Brickfields, Lower Halstow
It's another plein air soft pastel painting day today. I took the device of a couple of guys I met on my walk today and headed out to Brickfields...
Edinburgh Castle
It looks as if the weather's about to warm up again and that I'll be out doing some more plein air soft pastel painting very soon bit I thought I'd...