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...
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A Haunted Island
I'm taking a day off from serious watercolour painting today and going back to abstract landscapes. I'm going back to the palette knife technique...
A Corner Of Stonehenge
This was always going to be today's painting after all that fun testing out my Daniel Smith colours yesterday. It's two days to Summer Solstice...
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
After all that fun with whitewashed buildings in my last painting, I wanted to have another go at something similar. After googling for white...
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
My second episode as a wildcard at Landscape Artist Of The Year was screened in February 2023 but here's what I had to say after filming in June...
Warden Point
I was back on the road again today and thought I'd head to Leysdown On Sea on the Isle of Sheppey to see what I could find to paint. After...
Wake Up Kevin!
The second series of Drawers Off started on Channel & this week. I didn’t watch much of the first series: requiring the artists to all take...
Thurnham Castle
Today I've been on a day trip to paint Thurnham Castle. It's a little bit to the North of Maidstone and is just a pair of hills, one of which has...
Dreamland Margate
I've been looking forward to this for ages. A day trip down to Margate to paint Dreamland, Margate's funfair. With the fair still being closed...
EvaE Again
A day off today. Or a day off from watercolour anyway. There's something about using inktense pencils that makes painting less tiring than using...
The Smell Of Seaweed
I've been out and about for the first time this year. I drove over to the Riverside Country Park in Gillingham and stride up and down the causeway...
An Arrogant Intrusion
I was watching an interesting video by Liron Yanconsky on YouTube the other day in which he painted a church in monochrome without putting down a...
Force Of Life
So here's my second painting of the day. Again, this was all about having fun rather than creating a masterpiece. My idea on this one was to...
Christ’s College Hall From Second Court
The artwork's slowed down this week as I've not quite been tickety. But I was feeling well enough to do something quick today, so I went for a...
Daniella
I would have been back on the watercolour today but there were various things breaking up my day and watercolour requires a bit of focus so I...
Raven S
I was in the mood for drawing today and if I've learned anything over the last couple of months, being in (or not in) the mood makes a big...
L Staircase, Christ’s College
For my first watercolour in 26 days (!) I'm back to Christ's College again. This is the entry to L staircase, a part of the college I'm very...
Tree In Christ’s Fellows’ Garden
It's been 13 days since my last painting. I've just not been in the mood. But today I'm back. I thought I'd go for the oil pastels as a gentle...
Bob Willis
Look, I'll make this quick today. I was in the mood to draw a portrait and decided to go for an oil pastel of the late Bob Willis. I started...
Katya’s Back
It's been five days since the last painting as I've not quite felt in the right mood and I know from experience that if I'm not in the right move...