So, after the last painting was a quinacridone magenta free zone, I had to follow it up quickly with another painting. Something experimental,...
Category: Landscapes
Grand Teton National Park
I thought I should go back to basics and paint a normal looking landscape as these were popular on Facebook last year. This one is based on a view...
Purple Rain
Today's effort is Purple Rain. I was thinking of doing some sort of blizzard scene as I was in the mood to do a moody sky and to flick paint all...
Twist In My Sobriety
A second painting today and it's another abstract with inks. I was struggling to think of a name for it, so just picked the name of a Tania Tikaram...
Horsehead Quarry
I thought I'd try something different. After checking out some Jean Lurssen videos on YouTube I thought I'd invest in some acrylic inks and have a...
The Old Man Of Storr
It's a double painting day today. This time I've gone for a conventional landscape for the first time in a while. Â It's the Old Man of Storr on the...
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?" Â Not that...
Snow In The Mountains
And here's the second snowy painting of the day. Brought to you by the colours cobalt blue, quinacridone magenta, raw sienna and burnt umber. Â I'm...
Rubbish Snow Painting
There's been a bit of snow overnight so I thought I'd have a go at doing some snow painting. Â In fact I did two paintings at the same time. Â This is...
Valdeinfierno
I got the idea for this one from a photo I saw on Facebook of three people hiking through Valdeinfierno. Â A bit of googling reveals it to be...
Colourful Sky
This was based on a photo of the Aurora Borealis where the lights were all in green. Â 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. Â It's my...
SIAS Newsletter November 2018
And here's another one. Â This is called SIAS Newsletter November 2018 after the email that included the stock photo this was based on. Â It's getting...
Ugly Forest Path
30 July 2018 This was based on a picture on a birthday card. Â It was a good choice of subject material. Â 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. Â 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. Â The original picture had somebody riding...
Angel Of The North Under Four Different Skies
26 June 2018 I think the idea for this came from a YouTube video. Â 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. Â A bit of googling of...
A Mexican Tree
19 June 2018 And it's another bad one. Â It's looking like I might be reverting back to my old standards. The painting's based on a photo. Â I can't...