My Dad's had a new kitchen fitted. When I dropped in to see him, I rescued a bunch of old kitchen shelves from a skip in the drive with the...
Author: Steve
Ruby
I did say that Jean Haines had inspired me to go out and paint animals. And three days after the book was published, I've painted our cavalier...
Atmospheric Animals In Watercolour: Jean Haines – Book Review
This book was only published two days ago and I'm already reviewing it. It was a birthday present from my sister that was expected to be published...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Annual Awards 2021
<This post was written on June 24 2025 and has been backdated to a more appropriate date> One more award to add to the list, with oil pastels...
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...
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...
Draw Faces In 15 Minutes: Jake Spicer – Book Review
In that last post, I talked about all the new art gear that I opened up on Christmas morning. Great stuff but there were no art instruction books...
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...
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...