Category: Given As Gifts

And Introducing Horst Buchholz

And here's the last one in the set.  It's Horst Buchholz as Chico. I'm not sure he's instantly recognisable unless you're looking at all seven...

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Yul Brynner

One more member of the Magnificent Seven.  It's Yul Brynner as Chris Adams.  I would say he's the coolest of the seven but I think Britt (James...

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Steve McQueen

Back to the Magnificent Seven and it's Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. I really struggled to get. a likeness, so thought I'd have some fun with...

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Robert Vaughn

I take it back.  It's Robert Vaughn, not Steve McQueen that's hardest to draw.  I did a lot of drawing and rubbing out before ending with this...

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Charles Bronson

I was late out of bed this morning and it looked a bit too hot outside so I'm back to drawing with markers this morning. I'm back to the...

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Brad Dexter

Back for one more of The Magnificent Seven before I put the markers away for another week. Number two in the collection is Brad Dexter who played...

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James Coburn

Back to the markers and it's time to start on a new series of portraits.  I've done a series of chess players and a series of quantum physicists....

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My Sunset’s On Fire

See, this is what happens when I go in without a real plan.  After all that experimenting with triads, I wanted to have a go at a painting using...

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Lizzie

It's also Lizzie's birthday today, so here's another portrait.  I think this is more recognisably Lizzie than Amanda was Amanda.  You can see from...

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Amanda

I'm quite getting into this portrait drawing with markers, although I still have a long way to go before I can call myself anything near...

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Sparkly Tree

After four paintings in a row based on the tried and trusted abstract silhouette style, I thought it was time for something different.  I was in...

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Waterfall Green

It's been cold outside for the last week or so and I'm going through a phase where I'm too messy to be able to work indoors so there's been a bit...

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Elephant

I've been thinking for a while about painting an elephant Hazel Soan style and finally got around to it today. The elephant itself was first...

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Sunshine Through The Brambles

I got the idea for this one yesterday afternoon, staring out of the lounge window as Bradley Walsh was asking "What has the chaser put?"  Not that...

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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.  Then I had a great idea.  I was going to pay a...

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Pathside Sheep

So we finally get on to watercolour.  I've always been hopeless at drawing or painting, so I don't know why it was that I went on the watercolour...

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