Category: Media

Third Stone From The Sun

It was too hot yesterday to be outside painting.  So I spent the day indoors watching YouTube videos of people swatching the colours from the super...

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Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

After all that fun with whitewashed buildings in my last painting, I wanted to have another go at something similar. After googling for white...

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The Red Lion, Weston

It was looking too hot outside today to venture out painting, so I looked through my files for something I could paint in a shady spot in the...

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Charlie K

Wasn't feeling up to a landscape today so I reached for the inktense pencils for a bit of figure drawing.  Today's model is Charlie K, making her...

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach

My second episode as a wildcard at Landscape Artist Of The Year was screened in February 2023 but here's what I had to say after filming in June...

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Warden Point

I was back on the road again today and thought I'd head to Leysdown On Sea on the Isle of Sheppey to see what I could find to paint.  After...

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Wake Up Kevin!

The second series of Drawers Off started on Channel & this week.  I didn’t watch much of the first series: requiring the artists to all take...

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Thurnham Castle

Today I've been on a day trip to paint Thurnham Castle.  It's a little bit to the North of Maidstone and is just a pair of hills, one of which has...

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Dreamland Margate

I've been looking forward to this for ages.  A day trip down to Margate to paint Dreamland, Margate's funfair.  With the fair still being closed...

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Shaun Williamson

I've been planning to go on a trip to the seaside for four days now and for four days I've been put off by either the weather or M2 closures.  On...

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Rochester Castle

So, after the flop that was The Wall Of Rochester Castle, I slumped off towards Rochester High Street for coffee at The Dead Cat (*recommended)...

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The Wall Of Rochester Castle

I've had a day out at Rochester Castle today.  I had plans to head out Eastwards but the M2 is apparently closed in that direction, so I took on...

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EvaE Again

A day off today.  Or a day off from watercolour anyway.  There's something about using inktense pencils that makes painting less tiring than using...

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The End Of The Footpath

I took the dog out for a walk this morning and found this prefect site for a painting.  It’s at the end of a footpath from the Lower Hartlip Road....

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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,...

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The Smell Of Seaweed

I've been out and about for the first time this year.  I drove over to the Riverside Country Park in Gillingham and stride up and down the causeway...

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An Arrogant Intrusion

I was watching an interesting video by Liron Yanconsky on YouTube the other day in which he painted a church in monochrome without putting down a...

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Jenni With Her Foot On A Box

This is Jenni's fourth appearance as a model on this blog.  She does some great power poses but I've not yet managed to do her justice.  Let's see...

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Force Of Life

So here's my second painting of the day.  Again, this was all about having fun rather than creating a masterpiece.  My idea on this one was to...

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