Category: And On Vocals

Elwood Blues

And finally here's Elwood Blues, played by Dan Aykroyd. Again, black and white and simple shapes. But, unlike with Jake, I've wasted the...

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“Joliet” Jake Blues

OK, the secret's out. After finding Blues Brothers on some satellite channel late at night twice last week, I had to get the band back together....

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Henry Winter + Johnny Winter = Pi/2

And here's the final one in the collection. We have sports journalist Henry Winter and the late Johnny Winter. I've already done portraits using...

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Donna Summer In Blue And Orange

Next up in this collection is (maybe not a surprise to some) Donna Summer. I've painted her in blue and orange. Once again I've kind of got a...

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Could It Be Magic?

Today I quite fancied putting dry pigment down on the paper and wetting it. I'd already picked out a photo of Barry Manilow that might look good...

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ok, so I've painted Devon Allman, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Allen Collins, Jerry Garcia, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Warren Haynes. Jimi...

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And, By The Way, Which One Is Pink?

With there still being a bit of paint left on the Schmincke dot card, I thought I'd have another go at an abstract portrait rather than leave it...

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No Ma’am: We’re Musicians

Mondayā€™s always a short day for me, so I thought this would be the perfect excuse to take a break from the posterised Newington landscapes and to...

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Joe Walsh

Today's painting is a portrait of Joe Walsh of The Eagles, someone who in his heyday was probably even more fun at parties than Frank Bough....

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Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil

Time for something new. Ā This has been brewing away in my mind for a couple of weeksĀ and I finally decided to give it a go. Ā It's my first ever...

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Gary Moore

After managing to capture the face that Warren Haynes pulls when he hits a high note, I thought I'd thought I'd try a repeat performance by...

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Freddie Mercury

Right. Ā That's enough of the Inktense pencils. Ā I need to get back to watercolour portraits to impress any passing Portrait Of The Year Judges. Ā I...

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Amy Winehouse

I heard some of the late Amy Winehouse's music the other day. Ā I'm guessing it must have been a question on either Only Connect or University...

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Warren Haynes In Watercolour

The closing date for Portrait Artist Of The Year is on 5 February, ten days away. Ā I've already submitted my entryĀ but this is the time of her when...

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John Lydon In Oil Pastel

It was a tough call over who to paint today. Ā ChatGPT wasn't able to come up with any celebrities I'd ever heard of whose birthday it was today....

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Albert King

Today's painting is a long overdue subject and a less overdue experiment. Ā The subject is guitarist Albert King. Ā I've been making my way through...

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Fire

Today it's a portrait of Jimi Hendrix. Ā You can tell that I've used the Artist Assist App again just by looking at this one. Ā I was planning to do...

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Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

My year end painting hiatus is over and Iā€™m back in the studio. Ā After thing breaks I tend to work my way back in slowly with low pressure works...

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Chris Robinson

This is Chris Robinson, vocalist and occasional harmonica or guitar player in The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and The Black Crowes and master of dad...

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