I warning the mood for an oil pastel landscape today and spent ages looking through loads of photos on my iPad before deciding that all of them...
Oil pastels
Ancient Sorceries
I fancied giving the oil pastels another go today. It feels like too long since I came up with a decent oil pastel painting. I looked through my...
I Can Read Your Mind
So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio. Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...
Looking At You
So here it is. I've finally gotten around to using the second of the shelves I helped myself to when the in laws threw out that old fridge. The...
Tree Looking Over Queendown Warren
Hello there, and a big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me into one of the pods for Landscape Artist Of The Year. The...
An England XI
So now I have a complete England XI. Properly balanced too: two opening batsmen, a wicket keeper and a five man bowling attack that includes two...
Chalk Face, Queendown Warren
I've been waiting a while for today to come round. The weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year so far and I've been itching to head...
Candle In Oil Pastel
I'm not in the mood at the moment to take my time and come up with perfect paintings. I'm feeling loose and energetic and wanting to rattle off...
Steps Up From The Street, Hartlip
The World Cup is over and there's only four days to go to Christmas. It's hard not to switch to wind down mode and watch Westerns all day but I...
Jos Buttler
Look, I'm still in the mood for cricket portraits and with England due to play Pakistan in the World T20 Final on Sunday morning, I thought I'd...
Niecy
It's been a while but the weather today was just right for oil pastels. No rain, warm enough to paint outside, not so hot that the pastels melt....
Stonehenge III
I fancied having a go with the oil pastels today as it's been a while. It's still too hot for them outside, so I was painting indoors. To be...
The Allotment
Out and about again today. I thought I'd have a go with the oil pastels. I've not painted plein air with them before and wanted to have a go,...
Tree In Christ’s Fellows’ Garden
It's been 13 days since my last painting. I've just not been in the mood. But today I'm back. I thought I'd go for the oil pastels as a gentle...
Shaun Wallace, The Dark Destroyer
In yesterday's Bob Willis portrait, I felt a bit frustrated at how difficult it was to get a likeness using oil pastels when the face was so small....
Bob Willis
Look, I'll make this quick today. I was in the mood to draw a portrait and decided to go for an oil pastel of the late Bob Willis. I started...
The Road To Glencoe
I risked doing an oil pastel painting indoors today. This landscape is based on the road into Glencoe from the East. I've been to Glencoe a...
The Old Man Of Stoor In Oil Pastel
I'm paying a second visit today to the Old Man Of Stoor on the Isle of Skye but this time with the oil pastels. This time, though, I'm using oil...
James Anderson
I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...
Bridge Near Oswaldkirk
Oil pastels are just too much fun. Every other painting at the moment is in oil pastel and it's an oil pastel day today. I thought I'd be...