Author: ArtisticActuary

Sparkly Tree

After four paintings in a row based on the tried and trusted abstract silhouette style, I thought it was time for something different.  I was in...

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He Knows, Doctor, He Knows

I'd had a couple of requests to paint a Star Trek scene and this is what I came up with.  It's based on a shot near the end of The City At The Edge...

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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

And here's today's second painting.  This one really is a Western.  For once it's an action scene rather than a pose.  I'm going to claim that I've...

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Invasion!

I'm doing two paintings today.  Both are based on photos transcribed onto paper by dividing them into grids.  Both have the figures masked out, the...

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The Q1 2019 Poll

I thought it was about time I checked out public opinions on the pile of artwork that I had sitting around waiting to either be framed or put to...

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Tombstone

After the roaring success of Once Upon A Time In The West, I thought I'd have a go at another Western.  This time it's Tombstone, the best of the...

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Hotel California

After Free Bird and Comfortably Numb, I thought I'd have a go at another concert closer. Believe it or not, I was wanting to make this a realistic...

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Once Upon A Time In The West

After the rubbish that I put out yesterday, I was determined to paint an ink-free watercolour again as soon as possible but to do it properly,...

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Path To The Lake

I was in an experimental mood today.  I dug out the gesso and thought I'd have a go at applying it to the paper in stripes rather than all over....

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