Author: ArtisticActuary

Summer 2019 Poll

The nights are fair drawin' in and I don't think I'll be out in the garden painting much more this year, so I think it's time for another painting...

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Something Different For Christmas?

It's just over ten weeks to Christmas. If you wanted to buy something different, have you thought about a painting? If you press "For Sale"on the...

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Father And Son

That review of Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain is coming soon, I promise!

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DNA

And here's the second of the day. Ā This is all out abstract. Ā I cracklepasted a board a couple of days ago (with watercolour ground applied to the...

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Schneesturm

Two paintings today, both on cracklepasted board and both with the help of acrylic inks to bring out the cracks. Ā This is the first. This one...

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Key Street, Florida

First things first. Ā This painting was inspired by a photo by Harvey Jones that I saw on the BBC website. Ā He has a Flickr account...

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Stormy Abstract

And here's my second effort of the day. Ā Another with a specially prepared crackle paste surface. Ā This time, the special guest in the surface was...

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The Hills Are Alive

I think it must have been four days ago when I prepared a couple of crackle paste surfaces for painting. Ā I started painting on them yesterday but...

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Bramble’s

Today's job was to prepare a couple of experimental crackle paste surfaces to use later in the week but I found myself pining to do some painting,...

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Colour Keys

When I talk about my choices of colours in paintings, I seem to refer quite often to colour keys, which nobody has ever heard of. Ā Well, nobody's...

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Now What Are You Barking At?

And here's my latest Jane Betteridge inspired painting on an unusual surface. Ā It's my first go using crackle paste. Ā I bought an acrylic canvas...

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Mount Rushmore

Now this is more like it! Ā A painting on an experimental surface that worked. Ā The faces were all torn out of the Mail On Sunday dated 11 August...

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Blue Skye

After reading that Jane Betteridge book, I thought it was time to start painting on some unusual surfaces. Ā First up was painting on a map. Ā I...

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