Back into my comfort zone today with a posterised portrait using the Shire colours, following my usual process. This is Carlo Ancelotti, one of...
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David Bellamy’s Arabian Light- Book Review
Time for another book review and it’s David Bellamy's second travelogue book. I read and reviewed Arctic Light a while back and so much of what I...
BethR In Charcoal
Time to have another go at a charcoal figure and to put Anthony Ryder's lessons to use. They worked last weekend, so why not keep going? Today's...
Blobby Blobby Blobby
I've been told I need to do some more fish paintings. And that fish in the posterised trippy scheme work better than fish in the posterised tundra...
Straight Ahead
A soft pastel painting today, the first in over a month. It seems I'm always a bit behind on stying in practice at everything but that's my fault...
AnaIv In Charcoal
After reading Anthony Ryder's book, I was keen to put some of his ideas into practice as soon as possible, so I've been doing some figure drawing...
The Artist’s Complete Guide To Figure Drawing, Anthony Ryder – Book Review
I’ve just finished the second of the four books I got for my birthday and am ready to review it now. I'm taking my time over these books, reading...
Here He Comes
Tuesday's angelfish went so well that I thought I'd have mother go at a camouflaged fish in posterised style. This could end up becoming a series...
Sweet Angel
Number one son was asking whether I’d ever painted a fish. I think he was hoping to be able to give a fish painting as a present for two of his...
Take You Me For A Sponge?
Something different today, a watercolour painting painted mainly using sponges. It's a view in Queendown Warren, chosen for the many layers of...
Ameeka III
Someone made a comment on LinkedIn about my painting of Alex, saying that she liked how the viewer had to do a little work before the image would...
Updated MGraham Swatches
Two posts on one day! It's been a while since I extended my MGraham palette to six colours and a revised set of swatches is long overdue, so I've...
Alex
Let this be a warning to all of you out there. Fall asleep on my sofa and you're fair game for a portrait. This is my oldest son, Alex. He'd had a...
Hey Joe
I was in the mood for a figure painting with sensible colours today. I'd already picked out a photo of a male model called Joe, one that had lots...
Well, I’d Sooner Forget, But I Remember Those Nights
Today's painting is inspired by the graphic novels of Chris Ware. Chris's books are like well directed films. He can say so much with...
2025 Birthday Stash: Books
The dust has finally settled and I can reveal that there were four art books in my birthday stash this year. Here they all are. All four will be...
Ozzy Osbourne
Today it's the late Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath who does a week ago just 17 days after performing in his farewell concert. I picked out this...
We’re Gonna Have To Reap From Some Seed That’s Been Sowed
Guess who it is? It's the Coldplay Couple! For the benefit of future me reading this in ten years time, this is a couple of married people having...
Watercolour And Beyond, David Bellamy – Book Review
And here's the first of my birthday books to be reviewed. It's a 160 page paperback. It arrived on Monday and took me five evenings to read,...
2025 Birthday Stash: More Crystalline Watercolours
More birthday art gear stash. I was given some cash and spent a big chunk of it on some more crystalline watercolours. I have five new colours:...