I took the day off today to head to London and to potter around the National Portrait Gallery. It's all very well keeping busy in retirement,...
London
A Trip To The Tate Modern
It's still too hot for me to be painting so I thought I'd keep the blog ticking over with a report on my trip to the Tate Modern yesterday. The...
Westminster Bridge
Well it didn’t take me long to have a go at painting something Michael Reardon style. This view of Westminster Bridge was perfect for such an...
The City
After yesterday's experimentation I wanted to use all the lessons from it as quickly as possible, so that's what I've been doing today. I started...
Because The Night
I was in an experimental mood today. I wanted to try out more of my new Inktense pencil colours, the saddle brown and sepia ink not having been...
The Shard
It feels as if the big year end winddown has started. This will be my final painting of the year but probably not my final post. It's based on a...
Tower Bridge
29 May 2014 Now this us more like it. It's based on a photo that a friend put up on Facebook of Tower Bridge in the fog on a very purple-looking...