I promised people on LinkedIn that I'd start posting my artwork up there. Yesterday I put up my first figure drawing since retirement and it was...
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Felicia In Coloured Pencil
Before I start talking art, a bit of news. I retired on Tuesday. Eighteen months without a contract and the likelihood of my father's will being...
Bailey
After a few days off dealing with all sorts of other stuff in my life, I'm back to work again. Today it's some figure drawing in coloured pencils...
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...
Hills In Shire Colours
As I said in the last post, I felt like I could do a second quick painting today. Because I’d managed to paint an imaginary landscape quite...
Hills In Tundra Colours
The rain's finally stopped, so I'm back on the watercolours at last. I thought I'd let myself back in gently by painting an imaginary landscape...
Felicia
It's still raining here and more's due tomorrow. I know I'm overdue a watercolour but I can't be going outside in this weather, so I'm stuck...
Thea’s Back
More angular figure drawing and today's model was Thea. You know the drill by now. Put down the drawing with lots of straight lines, put on lots...
Niecy
It's been a while but the weather today was just right for oil pastels. No rain, warm enough to paint outside, not so hot that the pastels melt....
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...
Sam
It's raining outside, which is a big frustration because I have a great idea for my next watercolour. Instead I'm stuck indoors and thought I'd...
David Bowie
In the mood for a coloured pencil drawing today, so looked at the CD collection and decided to go for Bowie. The CD collection is pretty good...
Miriam
Only half the day available today for painting so I reached for the coloured pencils. It's a modelling debut today for Miriam. Please make her...
Auger Close, Hartlip
And here's the final dash and splash of the day. I didn't have to dash very far after drawing it as it's a view from my back garden, albeit with...
Hartlip Methodist Church
I’ve had a busy day dashing and splashing around the village. I just woke I up in that sort of mood. I started by heading for the Methodist...
Old Nuuk
Here we go then. Back on the watercolours and it's a gentle return because I'm reaching for the tundra supergranulators and doing another painting...
Neil Young In Coloured Pencil
I've had a couple of days off doing a bit of retirement planning but am back on the painting again now. After discovering how my figure drawing...
JenH
I headed out to my local Hobbycraft yesterday to do some shopping. I bought replacements for seven or eight colours that seem to be shrinking down...
KathyB
It's an indoor job today while I wait for the rain to arrive. I thought I'd have another go at a figure drawing with the coloured pencils, again...
CharlieK’s Back
I won't be going outside to paint during this latest heatwave, so I'm back on the coloured pencils and doing some figure drawing: my first go with...