I took a trip out today to Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park near Faversham. It's a forest with lots of walks through it, along with a private...
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Cammie
The weather wasn't looking good today so I stayed indoors. After a run of straight edged figure drawing s with the coloured pencils, I'm back to...
JenH
I headed out to my local Hobbycraft yesterday to do some shopping. I bought replacements for seven or eight colours that seem to be shrinking down...
KathyB
It's an indoor job today while I wait for the rain to arrive. I thought I'd have another go at a figure drawing with the coloured pencils, again...
CharlieK’s Back
I won't be going outside to paint during this latest heatwave, so I'm back on the coloured pencils and doing some figure drawing: my first go with...
Candle
Back on the inktense pencils today. Got to keep all those plates spinning. Today's model is Candle, making her debut on theses pages. Colours...
Bodin Church, Norway
My friend Cathy, who takes more photos that would make good paintings than anyone I know is currently enjoying a holiday in the frozen North and...
David Gilmour
Back on the coloured pencils and I thought I'd try doing a portrait of David Gilmour. I tried something different today: as well as using a grid,...
Avebury Stones
I was ready today to take a second stab at painting something with the Schmincke Shire watercolours. I learned some lessons from my first go that...
Clearing In Newington Woods
So, after all that swatching, here's my first go with the Shire supergranulating colours. I trekked a mile or two across some fields in the...
Paul Shane
I've had my eye in the late Paul Shane for a while. In particular the Paul Shane who turned up on Pebble Mill that time to sing You've Lost That...
Nuuk Art Museum
It was always going to be another supergranulating day today. But tundra or shire? I went for tundra. The shire set is one that I might be able...
Denali National Park 2
Still making my way through my pile of new art supplies and today it's a first outing for my Schmincke supergranulating tundra watercolours. They...
Big Sam In Coloured Pencil
I still have loads of new art gear to try out, so no dash and splash for me today. It’s time to give the coloured pencils a first outing. For...
Inside The Tuck Inn
After doing two drawings from the other side of the road opposite the Tuck Inn, I was ready to step inside and enjoy a milkshake while doing a...
Cherry Stand In Tuck Inn Car Park
While I was drawing the Tuck Inn, I also had one eye on a stand in the car park where someone was selling cherries. I thought it might make a good...
The Tuck Inn
This afternoon I took a stroll down to the Tuck Inn, my local purveyor of breakfast baguettes with the intention of running off another two or...
Looking Towards Hartlip House
And here's today's third effort, a different view from the same bench. The drawing feels like a step down from the first two. There are various...
Hartlip Church Porch
Next I moved position to get a view of the porch at the front of the church. I went against the advice of Alex Hillkurtz and picked a viewing...
Hartlip Church Tower 2
Tempting as it is to binge read my pile of new art instruction books, I do really need to test out some of my new art gear. First up are the...