Day four of the big September project and it's been a fast one. This is a charcoal drawing of my right eye. I expected the eye to be the most...
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Feel The Cold
Here's the third of my senses. It's my hand, signifying touch. Like all the other senses, this is in charcoal. Most of it is with charcoal...
Taste The Snow
Next up in the five senses is taste. Once again, this is in charcoal, almost entirely with the pencils but with a likely bit of XL block in...
Hear The Wind
September's starting off with a big project that will take at least a week to complete, maybe two. It's going to start with five charcoal drawings...
Temple of Saturn, Rome
Number two son just announced he's off with some mates to Bremen, Split and Rome so I'm using this as an excuse to get in some much needed...
Carlo Ancelotti
Back into my comfort zone today with a posterised portrait using the Shire colours, following my usual process. This is Carlo Ancelotti, one of...
BethR In Charcoal
Time to have another go at a charcoal figure and to put Anthony Ryder's lessons to use. They worked last weekend, so why not keep going? Today's...
Blobby Blobby Blobby
I've been told I need to do some more fish paintings. And that fish in the posterised trippy scheme work better than fish in the posterised tundra...
Straight Ahead
A soft pastel painting today, the first in over a month. It seems I'm always a bit behind on stying in practice at everything but that's my fault...
AnaIv In Charcoal
After reading Anthony Ryder's book, I was keen to put some of his ideas into practice as soon as possible, so I've been doing some figure drawing...
Here He Comes
Tuesday's angelfish went so well that I thought I'd have mother go at a camouflaged fish in posterised style. This could end up becoming a series...
Sweet Angel
Number one son was asking whether I’d ever painted a fish. I think he was hoping to be able to give a fish painting as a present for two of his...
Take You Me For A Sponge?
Something different today, a watercolour painting painted mainly using sponges. It's a view in Queendown Warren, chosen for the many layers of...
Ameeka III
Someone made a comment on LinkedIn about my painting of Alex, saying that she liked how the viewer had to do a little work before the image would...
Alex
Let this be a warning to all of you out there. Fall asleep on my sofa and you're fair game for a portrait. This is my oldest son, Alex. He'd had a...
Hey Joe
I was in the mood for a figure painting with sensible colours today. I'd already picked out a photo of a male model called Joe, one that had lots...
Well, I’d Sooner Forget, But I Remember Those Nights
Today's painting is inspired by the graphic novels of Chris Ware. Chris's books are like well directed films. He can say so much with...
Ozzy Osbourne
Today it's the late Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath who does a week ago just 17 days after performing in his farewell concert. I picked out this...
We’re Gonna Have To Reap From Some Seed That’s Been Sowed
Guess who it is? It's the Coldplay Couple! For the benefit of future me reading this in ten years time, this is a couple of married people having...
Freedom
Right, time to give the huge set of 125 oil pastels a workout. I picked a view in Queendown Warren. I don't think it's a view I see on my daily...