Time for a watercolour again and today was looking like a good day to be painting in the garden. After yesterday's success with a Western and the...
Annual Award Winners
Two Trees, Hartlip House
After a flop with the watercolours, I'm back to the oil pastels again, where everything always seems to go well and I can regain some confidence. ...
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. ...
Doctor Richard Maunder
Second up in the Christ's Maths Fellows 1982-86 collection is Richard Maunder. This guy was an absolute legend. He was a pure mathematician, into...
Number Two Twinned With Hartlip Church In The Snow
And here are those two paintings together.
Hartlip Church In The Snow
A month or so ago, someone from the village church was asking about the possibility of me painting something they could use for the church's...
Artistic Left Eye
It seems the best way to learn how to use oil pastels is to watch videos on YouTube. Today I watched Scrooge The Profit describing the rule of...
Long Gone
I was flicking through one of my Jean Haines books last night for inspiration and decided to do something in her style today. the subject matter...
Michael, Kneeling
There really needs to be a Sky Naked Figure Drawing Of The Year program. I'm sure I could make a decent crack of it. Inktense pencils are the...
Time
This run of village paintings is all very well but if I don't vary things around a bit, I'll settle into a rut and never get any better. So I...
I See A Red Door And I Want It Painted Black
Where do I start with this one? Well, I’ve been thinking of doing something like this all week, dividing the paper up and doing lots of little...
NMA Model 15
Today's model doesn't even have a name. She's Model 15 from the New Masters Academy. Great pose though. The idea behind this one was to make it...
I Am The Eye In The Sky
So, AA, when are we going to see what you're doing with that painting of an eye from the other day? And why is it exactly that you're needing to...
The Sneer
Oh dear. A portrait of Zinedine Zidane in inktense pencils that went horribly wrong. The worst thing about it is the mouth. Oh and the general...
The Rush Collection
And here's the complete set together. It may even surpass the chess player set that I thought was my opus magnus. It's up for sale. To see the...
Geddy Lee
Time for another set of marker portraits. I've done chess, physics and westerns, so it's time to start on another passion: music. This is Geddy...
The Glamour Of The Snow
I thought a bit of watercolour painting was overdue, so I've been out there this morning running off this little number. The thunder started as I...
Father And Son
That review of Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain is coming soon, I promise!
DNA
And here's the second of the day. This is all out abstract. I cracklepasted a board a couple of days ago (with watercolour ground applied to the...
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,...