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Crash Landing

And here's the companion piece to go with 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be). The process for painting it is exactly the same. Both paintings...

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Messing Around

It's been a whole week since I last posted. Sorry about that. Too much other stuff on. Choosing a bathroom, choosing blinds, attending an 80th...

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Lee Carsley

It struck me, watching the football the other night, that the England interim manager Lee Carsley would make a great portrait subject. His eyes...

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Oliver Reed

I’ve had a photo of Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes in Oliver! sitting around for a while waiting to be painted and today was the day when I was finally...

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The Face Of Harakbut In Oil Pastel

The plan was to do another soft pastel painting today but looking through all my potential source photos I couldn’t help remembering how short I am...

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Talisker Distillery

I was busy yesterday putting together my applications for Portrait and Landscaoe Artist Of The Year yesterday. The PAOTY deadline isn’t until 7...

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PeachK

I didn't want to spend long painting today as (i) I want to finish the novel I'm reading, and (ii) want to make a start sketching tomorrow's...

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The Blues Brothers Band

So here's the complete Blues Brothers band. From left to right, along the top row, then the bottom, we have: Willie "Too Big" Hall, drums ...

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Joker

Joker is one of those films, like Jaws or Blues Brothers, that, while not being in my all time top ten, draws me in if I find it on an obscure...

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Phil Lesh

I do enjoy listening to the Grateful Dead while painting. And their music comes through in my artwork while they're playing. I loosen up and I...

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The M2

It's another soft pastel landscape today. After yesterday's success, I thought I'd have another go while my head was still buzzing with Robert...

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Islay Beach Cottage

After reading the Robert Brindley book, I was itching to get started on a new soft pastel painting. I picked out a view of a cottage for rent on...

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Gary Delaney

I’ve painted quite a comedians this year. And in each case it was the face that drew me in. Comedians tend to have faces that make great portrait...

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Untitled Basic Track

The nights are fair drawin' in and the days are getting colder. I thought it was cold enough today to dig out the oil pastels again. I've not used...

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Jimmy Carr

Ever since I used dot cards to come up with patchwork portraits of Salvador Dali, Roger Waters and Sir Geoff Hurst, I've been thinking about doing...

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Long Hot Summer Night

This is another painting that's been brewing for a while. If I don't look at the clouds and see naked women, what else is there to see? Well,...

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Monty Panesar On Mastermind

Today's idea came from a YouTube video over breakfast the other day. It was a video of the ten most embarrassing celebrity appearances on quiz...

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Complements Of The Seasons

And here's the complete collection. I started by thinking about colour schemes. I've painted collections of monotone paintings with a single...

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Les Dawson

After almost a week off, I'm back to painting today. After seeing how the M Graham landscape colours resulting quite restrained, brown up...

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