Category: Geographical Breakdown

First Officer Spock

I know I said I might not end up completing the Corbomite Manouver Collection but after putting Kirk and Scotty alongside each other I could see...

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Venus And The Petrova Line

I'm back on the planets again and today it's Venus.  It took me a long time to come up with an idea about how to make a painting of Venus a bit...

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Captain James Tiberius Kirk

Today I had a go at the second in The Corbomite Manouver collection.  Today it's Captain Kirk, painted using the Shire supergranulators, befitting...

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The Sandstone Kagoule

I really shouldn’t be painting on Mondays.  Monday is housework day and after I've had breakfast, done the housework, finished my daily four mile...

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Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott

Sometimes great ideas come into my head on my daily walks.  Today was one of those days.  Earlier this year I put together The Good The Bad and the...

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Uranus

After a bit of a break, I'm back on the planets again.  Today it's Uranus.  All eight planets revolve around the sun in roughly the same plane and...

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Mercury

Today's planet is Mercury, sharing its name with the messenger of the Roman gods and therefore deserving of a pair or wings.  For the three colours...

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The Face Of Mars

Another day, another planet.  My latest idea for planet paintings (to go with the ideas of random surrealness and Roman gods) is to think about...

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Neptune

This is the second in my series of paintings of the planets and today it's Neptune.  There was a question on University Challenge the other week...

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Jupiter And Io

Seventeen days since my last watercolour and I'm finally back.  The idea for this one popped into my head while out on my walk yesterday.  I've no...

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Craighouse, Jura

Spin The Wheel!  Last night I relaxed in my recliner chair in front of the telly (but reading a book) with a Jura mal5 that had been stored in old...

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Dalwhinnie Distillery

It's the weekend and the builders are off for the weekend so I'm back in the studio for a couple of days.  What to paint though?  Well, I can't...

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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...

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The Mukurob In Green Warm

After a huge gap of twenty seven days, I was back on the watercolours today.  I was feeling a bit bereft of inspiration, so went for The Mukurob...

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Disapproval From Mount Rushmore

Another watercolour today.  I wanted to have another go with the desert supergranulators supplemented with cool blues after they worked out so well...

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Inverie In Tundra Colours

I didn't stay away long.  I'm back to paint Inverie again, this time using the tundra supergranulators.  I've chosen a different viewpoint and was...

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The Old Forge In Watercolour

I'm back on the watercolours and couldn't resist having another go at The Old Forge in Ivernie.  It was tempting have a go at this scene in tundra...

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The Old Forge, Inverie

This, or at least the building on the far left, is The Old Forge, a pub in the village of Inverie on the Knoydart Peninsula.  It was in the news...

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Torre Nubia

After that View From Ardtinish Castle, that dear old boy Howard has done it again and come up with another amazing holiday photo made up of simple...

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View From Ardtornish Castle

An old mate from Uni, Howard, was recently on holiday in the Scottish Highlands and Islands and posted loads of photos on Facebook.  The one on...

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