I was feeling up for a challenge today, so I decided I'd do a painting that was a set of twelve random vignettes and that I'd ask friends on...
Category: Geographical Breakdown
Colourful Sky
This was based on a photo of the Aurora Borealis where the lights were all in green. Ā I didn't manage to get the greens right and the sky looks...
First Gesso
Today's painting follows hot on the heels of yesterday's, mainly because I spread a load of gesso on a watercolour sheet to dry overnight. Ā It's my...
SIAS Newsletter November 2018
And here's another one. Ā This is called SIAS Newsletter November 2018 after the email that included the stock photo this was based on. Ā It's getting...
It Started As The Helix Nebula
22 August 2018 I was still left with one empty picture frame and was wondering what to do with it. Ā Then I had a great idea. Ā I was going to pay a...
Ugly Forest Path
30 July 2018 This was based on a picture on a birthday card. Ā It was a good choice of subject material. Ā But, as you can see, the execution was...
Down T’Mill
16 July 2018 After Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog got such a great reception on Facebook I thought I'd have another go at...
The Magic Purple Tree Only Appears At Sunset
8 July 2018 This one was created on the same day as the Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog. Ā This time I definitely remember doing...
Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog
8 July 2018 This one is based on a stock photo that somebody had used to head up an article on LinkedIn. Ā The original picture had somebody riding...
Random Nebula
2 July 2018 Oh, this was a really good one. Ā It started out based on one particular nebula (I can't remember which one - sorry) but ended up...
Angel Of The North Under Four Different Skies
26 June 2018 I think the idea for this came from a YouTube video. Ā I watched somebody do four paintings of the same scene at four different times...
Hadrian’s Wall
25 June 2018 I'd had some feedback that I was good at painting trees, so thought I'd better look for a good tree to paint. Ā A bit of googling of...
A Mexican Tree
19 June 2018 And it's another bad one. Ā It's looking like I might be reverting back to my old standards. The painting's based on a photo. Ā I can't...
Time Portal
11 June 2018 This is bad. Ā Very bad. Ā I still think the idea was a good one. Ā A landscape on a nice day, but with a sort of lens in front of it...
Lightning Over Henley-On-Thames
6 June 2018 Some more lightning, this time over Henley-On-Thames. You can probably tell that this painting's been cropped. Ā There was a car and...
Icebergs Off Newfoundland
6 June 2018 There's a village somewhere in Newfoundland that enjoys the sight every year of all these huge icebergs floating slowly past. Ā It...
Lightning Over West Wellow
27 May 2018 There were some cracking thunderstorms in late May and I thought I'd have a go at painting one. Ā I dug around on the BBC News website...
Trees Against A Green Sky
25 May 2018 I thought I'd try painting from real life. Ā Well, I say real life. Ā These trees are based on a couple of trees just over the fence in my...
Unforgiven
23 May 2018 This is based on an establishing shot in Unforgiven, a Clint Eastwood Western from 1992. Ā I've got a lot of Westerns in my DVD...
Schilthorn
21 May 2018 After the success with mountains a couple of days before (Susten Pass) I thought I had to have another go at a mountain scene from that...