I was flicking through the Tony Smibert book this morning looking for inspiration for two forthcoming eye on the other side of the glass paintings....
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Hever Castle
With the whole day available for painting today, I've finally completed a watercolour in the studio. Without wanting to take much time planning, I...
Jerry Garcia
I had a chance to do some painting today, so thought I'd better take it. This was painted in the garden, but the original drawing went down at my...
‘Andles For Forks
And here's today's second painting. It's Candle as the model again and this is her fourth appearance. This time it's my second attempt at using...
Shirley
Another house in the village but this time I've not been approached by the owners to paint it. This one's a housewarming gift. The guy that's had...
Number Eighteen
I was approached a week or two ago by a guy on the village who said he'd be interested in buying a painting of his house if I ever did one. I...
Black Rock Cottage, Glencoe In The Key Of Purple Cool
So, as promised, here's another painting of Black Rock Cottage, but this time using more conventional watercolour.ours rather than the...
Looking Up At L3, Christ’s College
And finally today, we're back home in Christ's College. This was the first to be drawn on Sunday and the last to be painted today. It's a view...
Stockbury Church Tower
For my final dash and splash of the day, I headed out to Stockbury Church and settled down in a spot that I'd painted from before. After not being...
Four Views From A Californian Bus Stop
The idea came to me over the weekend when I was watching a famous Hitchcock film on the telly. There's a famous scene of someone waiting at a bus...
Thatch Cottage, Hartlip – The Full Monty
Someone approached me the other of about the possibility of painting Thatch Cottage in my home village of Hartlip. It's a cottage I've painted...
Archway To Hartlip Church, Dashed And Splashed
The plan was to do three dash and splashes today but we had an early dinner and I had to head home after doing two drawings. After lunch, I went...
Bodin Church, Norway
My friend Cathy, who takes more photos that would make good paintings than anyone I know is currently enjoying a holiday in the frozen North and...
The Tuck Inn
This afternoon I took a stroll down to the Tuck Inn, my local purveyor of breakfast baguettes with the intention of running off another two or...
Hartlip Church Tower 2
Tempting as it is to binge read my pile of new art instruction books, I do really need to test out some of my new art gear. First up are the...
Red House
Today's one of those weird days of the year. The day before my birthday. Who knows what sort of art gear or art books will appear tomorrow?...
New Court In Colour
Bearable temperature outside today? With worse to come, I thought it best to get out there with the watercolours while it was still possible. The...
Adrina In Watercolour
My plan today was to play things fast and loose by putting down a random colourful underpainting and then to convert it to something else with some...
Sgurr A’Fionn Choire And Baruch Na Frithe
The distracting FIDE Candidates Tournament is over and I need to get back to painting and make up for lost time. But the test match was on this...
The White Church, Comrie, Perthshire
Painting's been taking a back seat for a few days while I've been enjoying the cricket and the chess. But the test match is over now and it's a...