Author: Steve

Nicole Vaunt

It's still too cold to be painting outside so I'm on the inktense pencils again.  Today's model is Nicole, making her debut. Because it's so cold...

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The Whisperers

With those two jobs out of the way, I was ready to kick off my painting for 2022.  Be warned though, my first watercolour of the year is never...

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The 18-Colour 2022 Palette

My second job was to load up the Mijello palette that I got for Christmas.  It roughly follows colour wheel order but I've been careful to save the...

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Testing Out New Colours

It didn’t look too cold outside today so I was out of excuses.  It was time to get outside with the watercolours and start painting again.  But...

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Michaela

It's still too cold outside to go back to watercolours (Sunday looks promising) so I'm back with the inktense pencils today.  Today's model is...

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Rhus’ Back

After all that fun with the markers, I thought I really should get back to doing some proper painting with the inktense pencils.  Today I'm back to...

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The On The Buses Collection

And here's the complete collection. Mum does stand out a bit, to be honest, but remember that sixth portrait doubles up as Mum and Happy Harry. ...

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Mabel Edith Butler

And here it is, the final piece in the On The Buses collection.  It's Mum, played by the late Doris Hare.  And, yes, I know, I've cheated here by...

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Stan Butler

Number five in the On The Buses collection is Stan Butler, played by the late Reg Varney, equally famous for being the first person ever to use a...

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Olive Rudge

Number four in the On The Buses collection is Olive, played by Anna Karen. Recognisable but not a great likeness.  That's starting to become the...

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Jack Harper

Number three in the On The Buses Collection is Jack Harper, played by the late Bob Grant.  This one has taken a while as my black marker and the...

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Cyril Blake

And today's second work is Cyril Blake, played by the late Stephen Lewis.  I think we all know where this collection is going now, yeah? While...

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Arthur Rudge

I almost made it through the whole of December without doing any artwork, which was a bit worrying.  I thought I'd better get back to it before...

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Christmas Stash

As life slowly reverts back to (the new) normal, it's time for me to show off what new art gear I got for Christmas. First up is a Meeden...

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My Feet

And here's the last of the Bert Dodson exercise drawings that I'll be sharing.  I think all he asked us to do was to make ourselves comfortable and...

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Paul

Another exercise from the Bert Dodson book.  I was tasked with drawing a portrait of someone with a head pointed downwards so that the face was a...

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My Eyes

It's been a couple of years since I first read Keys To Drawing by Bert Dodson.  My original plan was to attempt every single exercise in the book...

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H2 2021:Survey Results

Thanks to everyone that's voted.  It's time for me to accept that I'm unlikely to get many (or any?) more responses in, so it's time for me to look...

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