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…
Subject Matter
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 of…
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 establishing shots or quick cuts to…
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 source photo because…
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 an affair…
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…
The Duchess
Today’s subject is The Duchess, vocalist in the band Space Elevator. I picked a source photo in which she was wearing a stripy top as these tend to come out…
Little Wing
Just a portrait of a giraffe today, albeit one with a bird attached to its neck. This one was inspired by a holiday photo in Zimbabwe by Derek, an old…
Telegraph Road Got So Deep And So Wide
Still quite hot today but after Tuesday’s painting got a lot of praise on LinkedIn, I wanted to keep going, so today I’ve been sweating it out over a soft…
Bob Weir
July has been too hot for painting. I’ve made it home from my morning walks and not had the energy to do anything other than read a book. From 1st…
One Rainy Wish
July is looking like a slow month. There’s just too much sun at the moment; I get back from my morning walk and I’m to trashed to paint. This is…
The Black Hills
I’ve had twelve paintings up on the wall of the restaurant at the Rose & Crown for a while now. Occasionally the odd one is sold but the owners don’t…
Ned’s Ghost
I was saddened to hear yesterday about the death of Wayne Larkins, an aggressive English batsman from the 1970s and 1980s. If he’d been playing in the 2020s, I’ve no…
Hedy Lamarr
Today’s painting is a portrait of the actress Hedy Lamarr. I saw a photo of her and the highlights and shadows were just screaming out to be painted. It turns…
The Wrong Kind Of Snow
After all that fun yesterday with the tundra supergranulators, I was ready to give them another go today, with another snowy mountain scene but one with a big difference. I’ll…
Built A Cabin And A Winter Store
In an attempt to tick off another line from Telegraph Road, I was Googling cabins in Greenland and came across a photo of a couple of cabins (or are they…
You Can Hear Them Singing Out Their Telegraph Code
It’s a landscape with the soft pastels today, and it’s just the sort of landscape I enjoy painting with this medium. There’s lots of sky, a big mass of greenery,…
Just Believe In Me Baby And I’ll Take You Away
After Galen went so well earlier this month, I thought I’d have another go with the Artgraf blocks. This time, though, it’s a figure painting. The model is Avaette, making…
He Made A Home In The Wilderness
It’s back to landscapes and to soft pastels today. This is neither WW2 pillbox, this time on the Wales Coast Path in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. So it’s my first ever Welsh…