Tempting though it is to keep painting portraits and figures, I do need to keep up the landscapes, ready for LAOTY of I make into a pod or the...
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Joe Strummer
I'm back from the Upchurch art exhibition now and my studio's all back to normal. I only sold the one painting, The Happiest Days Of Our Lives...
Venus And The Petrova Line
I'm back on the planets again and today it's Venus. It took me a long time to come up with an idea about how to make a painting of Venus a bit...
Mick Fleetwood
You know what? I did end up finding a photo of Mick Fleetwood that would make a great portrait. It was a pretty monochrome photo and was close to...
The Sandstone Kagoule
I really shouldn’t be painting on Mondays. Monday is housework day and after I've had breakfast, done the housework, finished my daily four mile...
Sir Bobby Charlton
Sorry everybody. I screwed up today. Rather than doing a fourth portrait in a row I should have switched back to painting planets. I need to...
Mercury
Today's planet is Mercury, sharing its name with the messenger of the Roman gods and therefore deserving of a pair or wings. For the three colours...
Craighouse, Jura
Spin The Wheel! Last night I relaxed in my recliner chair in front of the telly (but reading a book) with a Jura mal5 that had been stored in old...
The Mukurob In Green Warm
After a huge gap of twenty seven days, I was back on the watercolours today. I was feeling a bit bereft of inspiration, so went for The Mukurob...
The Old Forge In Watercolour
I'm back on the watercolours and couldn't resist having another go at The Old Forge in Ivernie. It was tempting have a go at this scene in tundra...
Torre Nubia
After that View From Ardtinish Castle, that dear old boy Howard has done it again and come up with another amazing holiday photo made up of simple...
Look Over Yonder
I'm still on the watercolours today but not in the mood to work long and hard at a painting. Maybe it's because The Ashes are on; maybe it's...
Sky Above Hartlip Church
I'm back on to watercolours today and onto my proper palette rather than following any Schmincke supergranulator cheat codes, much as a love...
Bridge Over The River Risopatron
So after that brief dalliance with the Artgrafs this morning, I was back to the watercolours in the afternoon. For subject matter, I picked out...
View From First Post Corner, Cambridge
So after that last painting I followed a footpath that I'm sure didn't exist back in my day into Fenn Ditton to grab a lunchtime pint at The...
The Long Reach, Cambridge
So today I headed out to the river to do some painting. Not being allowed to paint inside colleges and having my building draftmanship confidence...
Church Of San Pedro De Atacama, Chile
Another watercolour today. Here was my line of thinking: - lots of recent paintings have been in the key of orange cool: Duane Allman, I Can Read...
A Moment At Stonehenge
It was supposed to be the start of the big heatwave today but for most if the day it's been exactly the opposite. For the first time since I had...
Duane Allman
I've been tearing through the artwork this week and thought I'd take a break, so spent most of the day out in the studio catching up on the novel...
I Can Read Your Mind
So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio. Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...