This one has taken me a couple of days. It's a coloured pencil portrait of Muhammad Ali. I'm not a great boxing fan, to be honest, but Ali was...
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Tom Read Wilson
After a break of 27 days I was back to watercolour today. I thought I'd have a go at Tom Read Wilson, runner up in I'm A Celebrity 2025 and the...
Dave Barnes
Because (i) I was feeling a bit tired after yesterday's efforts, and (ii) I came back from my morning walk without a painting and plan in mind, it...
Stowes Hill
No excuses today. I'm back in the studio doing some proper painting after Thursday's loosener. Rather than doing another local landscape, I went...
Luana In Inktense Pencil
The dog's pretty well back to normal now after two bouts of illness, so I've been able to get back out to the studio. As is normal after a longish...
George Orwell
The painting's slowed down this week as our dog's had a big health scare and isn't yet back to normal. So I’ve been keeping her company a lot of...
Steve Clarke
There's been too much other stuff going on lately for me to be able to do any painting since Saturday. One of those distractions was Scotland's...
Kristy Jo II
I wasn't in the mood for hard work today, probably because I'm only 40 pages away from the end of a 1300+ page long Murakami novel and feeling...
Billy Showell’s Botanical Painting In Watercolour
It's a book review today. This is a book that I spotted in the shops on my most recent trip to London. I've never really given botanical painting a...
Jackson’s Art Prize 2026
No painting today but I have submitted these two works for the Jackson’s Art Prize 2026. Both have been taken down from the shop window for now. ...
Self Portrait 2026
After a sleep and a walk, I decided that yesterday'spainting wasn't going to be next year's official portrait me Portrait Artist Of The Year Entry....
How Do Mountains Hear?
It's that time of year when I need to start thinking about the next call for entries to portrait Artist Of The Year. And that means I need to come...
Abraham Lincoln
It's time to give the Artgraf blocks another go. Today's subject is Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. I still don't...
Then Came The Lawyers, Then Came The Rules
Someone in the village laid down a challenge. He asked if I could paint a portrait of his husband David in the style of Amedeo Modigliani. After...
InnaBG In Inktense Pencil
At last it's happened. I've managed to create a figure painting in Inktense pencil the way I wanted, with lots of white space and with darks that...
Polystyrene Chips!
I keep talking about these and there must be people out there who have no idea what I'm talking about. These are polystyrene chips, used for...
Telegraph Sang A Song About The World Outside
OK, the hiatus is definitely over now. I only have three chess games left on the go, one of which is about to finish, so enough of my energy and...
Haruki Murakamai
I’m back in action today. The chess is still keeping me busy and it wasn't until 7.30pm that I finished this one but I was determined to come up...
Soft Pastel Mark Making
No painting again today. I'm playing in an online correspondence chess tournament at the moment. I've won one of my eight games but the other...
A Trip To The National Portrait Gallery
I took the day off today to head to London and to potter around the National Portrait Gallery. It's all very well keeping busy in retirement,...