Ah, Oddjob. Played by Harold Sakata in Goldfinger, he was always going to be in this collection once I'd moved on to henchmen. Once again, I...
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Zbigniew Krycsiwiki
First up today is Zbigniew Krycsikiki, aka Jaws. My definition of Bond villains has extended to include henchmen. Jaws was played by Richard Kiel...
Francisco Scaramanga And Nick Nack
And here's the second and last drawing for today. Scaramanga and Nick Nack, played by Christopher Lee and Hervé Villechaize respectively in The...
Doctor Julius No
Now that I've convinced myself these are my takes on Bond villains and not just portraits of the actors that played them, I feel liberated and am...
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
These marker portraits always come in pairs, so here's another Bond villain - Donald Pleasence as Blofeld in You Only Live Twice. Except that my...
Auric Goldfinger
I might have only awarded that Emily Ball book one palette but it has got me mood to do some portraits and, in particular to try to get the gaze...
Drawing And Painting People: A Fresh Approach, Emily Ball – Book Review
Where to start? I guess I could tell you it's a 144 page paperback. The title suggests it's about drawing and painting people and when you look...
Sastrugi
There's a long story behind this one. I didn't have much time to paint today but thought I'd been away from the brushes for too long so that I'd...
The Cities Were Abandoned And The Forests Echoed Song
It's been a bad day at the office today. I wanted to use some of the lessons I learned the other day after sorting my paintings by colour key. I...
El Bandito
Today's painting started off from a reference photo of Lee Van Cleef in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly but I never could get any sort of likeness...
Another Look At Colour Keys
This post has been planned for a while but it's only now that I've got enough data around to be able to finally put it together.A while back, I did...
Hartlip Church In The Snow
A month or so ago, someone from the village church was asking about the possibility of me painting something they could use for the church's...
How To Make A Watercolor Paint Itself, Nita Engle – Book Review
Everybody knew this book review was coming, but what's the verdict? It's a 144 page paperback, first published in 1999. It has a nostalgic feel...
Moon, Turn The Tides…Gently Gently Away
I'm currently reading How To Make A Watercolour Paint Itself by Nita Engle and thought I'd try out some of her ideas today with a stormy sea...
The Art Of Urban Sketching, Gabriel Campanario – Book Review
I'm still making my way through my birthday books and this one has taken a while to get through as it's a 320 page paperback monster. This is...
Hartlip Church In The Sun
It's the 29th of August already! The local church has another tea and cake afternoon on 12th September and I promised them I'd have another...
Ann And Rebecca On The Shiraz
With England poised to score an innings victory over India at Headingley, it was never going to be anything but the inktense pencils today. I'm...
High Cup Nick
This is High Cup Nick, a huge chasm up in the Pennines. I've been meaning to paint it for years after seeing the source photo in the pages of the...
Castles Made Of Sand
This is my second attempt at a painting with a complementary colour scheme. The two colours are Winsor orange and French ultramarine. In Quiller...
Fog Over Queendown Warren
Just the one oil pastel piece today. When I was out exploring Queendown Warren the other week, I took a photo of this stile as it looked like a...