The wether was right for plein air painting today so I was up and out the door at first light with my soft pastels. I drove over to Oare Gunpowder...
Geographical Breakdown
Somewhere I Can Walk Alone
So, after that disaster, I thought I'd have another go at the same simple scene in Queendown Warren. This time, my intentions were to only use two...
Lonely Avenue
The chess is still going on today but I was expecting four boring draws in the mens' games, so thought I'd get back to painting with a loose...
It Gives Me Peace Of Mind
It's a rest day in the chess, so I was back to the artwork today. And with Spring finally here, the plein air season has started. So I headed out...
I’m Thankful For My Country Home
OK then, time to put into action some of the lessons I learned from that Jean Hirons book. It's going to be a Queendown Warren landscape in soft...
Olly’s Moon
Let's kick off the week with a pastel landscape, impress those LAOTY judges when they come calling. Last time I went for oil pastels, so today will...
Great Staple Tor
LAOTY closes to entries on Monday, so let's make the first landscape the judges see on this website a good one. It's still cold enough for oil...
Holly Lodge
I was asked to do a painting of this bungalow in Hartlip. It's recently been sold and the former neighbours wanted to give them a painting as a...
Hovis Hill In The Snow
After two posterised watercolour portraits this week, I took a break today from Artist Of The Year promotions to do something different. I was...
The Invitation
Will it be third time lucky? This will be another made up landscape. And the colours will again be Payne's grey, Mayan blue genuine and burnt...
If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Not Experimented Enough
After that huge flop, I needed to have another go. I switched to my regular palette, making my main three colours Payne's grey, Mayan blue genuine...
Big Flop – Please Scroll Past
OK, this is the first of three paintings today. After a pair of paintings supporting my LAOTY and PAOTY entries, I thought I deserved some fun...
Karen Of Mountbatten-Windsorius
Back to posterised watercolour portraits today. I fancied trying to reproduce the outer spacey look of Miles Davis, so hunted around for a Star...
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
A soft pastel landscape feels well overdue, especially when soft pastels have been put forward as my medium of choice for LAOTY. So that's what...
The House Of The Past
Right, let's get back to pastel landscapes and show those LAOTY judges what I can do. I went for oil pastels today as it's still cold. I prefer...
The Forgotten Twelve
So here it is: my tribute to the twelve astronauts to have visited the moon before 2026 but never set foot on it. I'm calling them the forgotten...
Ronald Evans
It's been a long journey but we've finally made it to Apollo 17, at the time of writing the last manned mission to the moon. Gene Cernan was...
Ken Mattingly
The next member of the club is Ken Mattingly, CMP of Apollo 16. His crew mates were Commander John Young and LMP Charles Duke. It was John's second...
Alfred Worden
Second one today and number ten in the collection is Alfred Worden, CMP of Apollo 15. David Scott was commander of this mission and James Irwin the...
Stuart Roosa
After a day off while waiting for some new markers to arrive, it's back to work. This is Stuart Roosa, CMP of Apollo 14. He stayed in orbit while...