So here's the painting I've been busy with over the last couple of days. It's a deserted farmhouse on a Bodmin Moor, a scene that's been in my...
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A Bit Of Wood
So what have you painted today? A tree. What have you called it? A Bit Of Wood - it's the name of an Alg…. Is it an interesting composition?...
A Victim Of Higher Space
I enjoyed painting the foreground in that last painting so much that I decided to go straight into another painting afterwards. So I reached for...
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...
Stirling Castle
I was flicking through the Tony Smibert book this morning looking for inspiration for two forthcoming eye on the other side of the glass paintings....
Hever Castle
With the whole day available for painting today, I've finally completed a watercolour in the studio. Without wanting to take much time planning, I...
Somewhere
Well this is something new. I'm writing up a painting before I've taken a photo because it's being left to dry overnight and seems to still be...
Daniella Taking A Break
So, yeah, tonight was the night to christen the art studio. But, what with one thing and another, it wasn't until about 7pm that I finally got the...
Jerry Garcia
I had a chance to do some painting today, so thought I'd better take it. This was painted in the garden, but the original drawing went down at my...
Hoodoo In The Chinle Formation
Afternoon all. First, the obligatory opening paragraph for this time of year. A big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me...
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...
Thea In Artgraf
Yeah, too much other stuff going on in my life at the moment for me to be able to fully immerse myself in watercolours but I had a creative thought...
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...
Mike Brearley
Another cricket portrait has been long overdue and I've finally come up with one. I wanted my cricket portraits to make up a balanced England XI...
Zaza II
So, as promised yesterday, I had another go at painting Zaza using the Artgraf colours. I've used exactly the same pose but have made a change to...
Zaza
I'm back on the Artgraf paints today for a number of reasons. It's pouring with rain outside for a start. And I'm a little bit distracted by the...
The South Wind
Yesterday was a day off but I'm back painting again today. I'm still not feeling up to painting some dead serious watercolours with my usual...
Bowerman’s Nose, Dartmoor
Similar subject matter to yesterday but this time it's on Dartmoor rather than Bodmin Moor. This is a stack of granite called Bowerman's Nose. ...
Dragon Path
Preparation of the site for my art studio is now complete, touch wood, so I can go back to painting even if I'm still feeling a little stressed. I...
Pulp Fiction
I have a day's respite today from preparing for the art studio and thought I'd better dust off some cobwebs and get back to my artwork. After...