Today's a busy day, what with this being the first of three planned posts. Another birthday present to try out, or at least a freebie that came...
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The Face Of Harakbut
This is the Face Of Harakbut. It's in the Amazon rainforest, somewhere in Peru. Nobody knows whether it's manmade or a natural rock formation. ...
Freebird!
This one's been coming for a while. It's a portrait of Allen Collins and Gary Rossington, two of the founder members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and I'm...
Painting And Understanding Abstract Art, John Lowry – Book Review
Time for another book review and today it's this one by John Lowry on painting abstracts. It's a 160 page paperback by Crowood. I’m not going to...
Mighty Mouse
Yesterday's painting was bad, very bad. I just had to come back and have another go at Kevin Keegan, acting on some of the lessons I'd learned...
Kevin Keegan
Back for another go with the crystalline watercolour and today it's my first go at using them for a portrait. Today's subject is the legend that...
Rupert Thomson
Back to painting today and I've had my first go at a portrait using the soft pastels. Today's subject was the author Rupert Thomson. I started...
David Bellamy’s Complete Guide To Landscapes – Book Review
Things have been a bit quiet over the last couple of days as I've been reading this 288 page paperback monster. It's one of those books that's been...
First View Of Queendown Warren
Here's my first ever painting using the soft pastels. Because I wasn't expecting to be able to capture much detail, I picked a pretty plain view...
Harvey’s Brewery, Lewes
And here's the first outing for the M Graham watercolours. I picked a view of the Harvey's brewery in Lewes because the River Ouse alongside it...
M Graham Landscape Set Swatching
I had just the right amount of time to spare today to do some swatching, and it's the turn of the M Graham landscape watercolour set. It's an odd...
Camp Of The Dog
No book reviews or swatches today. It's time to start trying out all these new art supplies, starting with the crystalline watercolour. For subject...
Pastels For The Absolute Beginner, Rebecca De Mendonça – Book Review
This book wasn't a birthday present. it's just that after getting all those pastels, I wanted to know how to use then before getting started and...
Soft Pastel Swatches
The swatching continues with the soft pastels. As I said before I have a set of 28 portrait colours, a set of 14 cloudy sky colours and a set of 14...
Crystalline Watercolour Swatching
Looks like today's going to be a swatching day. I started with the crystalline watercolours. These are made by Jackmans and are only available...
2024 Birthday Stash 2: New Media
And here's the second post of birthday stash. Here's what we have: There are loads of soft pastels. I’ve never used these before but, if...
Painting Rivers From Source To Sea, Rob Dudley – Book Review
This was the first birthday present book to arrive, so it was the first one that I got my teeth into. It's written by Rob Dudley who cowrote that...
2024 Birthday Stash 1: Books
Here are the four new books I got for my birthday. Reviews will be posted up here in due course. I've also ordered another book, one that's an...
Sparkle Brush
So it was my birthday yesterday. I have three new art books and have ordered a fourth, along with some interesting new art gear, with some birthday...
Paul Auster
I started this one last night and finished it this morning. It's unusual for me to spread something over two days. It's because I started late...