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...
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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...
2023: Year Of The Portrait
So that was 2023. I think I can safely say 2023 was the year of the portrait. After reading the Bill Maughan book in March, something clicked big...
Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits, Hiroko Shibasaki – Book Review
I wasn't expecting to be doing a book review today. The only job I had on my list was to update my swatch reference sketchbook with notes on my...
Glazed Balls
My year end painting hiatus is still on but swatching doesn't count as painting in my book and there's an experiment that I've been meaning to try...
How To Draw Portraits In Charcoal, Nathan Fowkes – Book Review
It's only the 28th of December and I've finished another of my new art books. I need to slow down and read a novel or two on the kindle before...
The Easy Guide To Painting Skies In Watercolour, Stephen Coates – Book Review
There seem to be quite a few books around on watercolour skies at the moment, all of them looking like they might include some interesting ideas....
New Books
Happy Christmas everybody. Unwrapping is over. I'm now making my way through my job list: - squash up all the wrapping paper and put it in the...
Portrait Artist Of The Year 2024 Entry
I've entered for Portrait Artist Of The Year again but this year I'm going for it as a watercolourist. I've included these three paintings in my...
The 2023 Artistic Actuary Video
The 2023 Artistic Actuary video is now ready. It's too big to load up onto this website but you can see it at https://youtu.be/96MxHz6CDJo Almost...
The Shard
It feels as if the big year end winddown has started. This will be my final painting of the year but probably not my final post. It's based on a...
Tracey
This is Tracey, a friend of the family. She dabbles in painting herself and gave us. Painting of our dog Ruby last Christmas and it's been at the...