For my second dash & splash of the day, I headed to Hartlip Church and did this drawing of some stairs down to a doorway below the...
Hartlip, Kent
Hartlip War Memorial
It's been a while since I last went on a dash & splash so I thought I'd give it a go today. How this works is that I head outside and do some...
Annual Self Portrait 2024
So at last I've finally done a self portrait in watercolour. I was in the mood for supergranulators today and picked out the tundra set. I...
The Under The Desk Collection
Well, I can tell you that I will definitely be entering for Portrait Artist Of The Year again this time around. Because, even if I don't have any...
Under The Desk IV
And that's the Under The Desk collection completed. For the colour scheme I chose the grey markers, putting down some vague value shapes and then...
Under The Desk III
Here's the third in the under the desk collection. Today The main two colours were my light and dark green. Just as with the previous two...
Under The Desk II
Look, I'm allowed to change my mind, OK? Yesterday's portrait grew on me and Monday tends to be a short day, so I thought I'd continue with the...
Under The Desk I
Applications for Portrait Artist Of The Year need to be in by the end of January, so I thought I'd better make a start on the 2024 self portrait...
Free Horse Manure
I took my phone out with me today on my daily four mile walk through Queendown Warren, hoping to find some good subject matter after feeling a jot...
Sky Above Hartlip Church
I'm back on to watercolours today and onto my proper palette rather than following any Schmincke supergranulator cheat codes, much as a love...
Annual Self Portrait 2023
It's that time of year when a certain job comes up. It's time for the annual self portrait, something that I've been looking forward to for a...
Critiqued By Liron Yanconsky!
Today I was honoured to have my work critiqued on YouTube by Liron Yanconsky, an artist that I hugely admire. The link...
Steps Up From The Street, Hartlip
The World Cup is over and there's only four days to go to Christmas. It's hard not to switch to wind down mode and watch Westerns all day but I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hartlip Village Hall
Next I wandered over to the village hall and found a comfortable place to sit and draw. I might have put the village hall slightly too high on the...
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...