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Clare Bridge, Cambridge

Back to the painting today after what's been quite a long break.  Today's subject is Clare Bridge from Clare College, Cambridge, a subject that's...

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Cotoneaster

It's been a bad day at the office today.  It started when I found that I'd plugged in the iPad to charge last night but not switched the socket on....

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The Far Country

I was feeling keen to start putting some of these Bridget Woods lessons into practice.  Part of the lesson was to put together the monotone...

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Hartlip Church Tower

It's been twelve days since I last painted in watercolour.  Just too many things going on at the moment, including the Euros.  It's not that these...

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Recognition!

Wow!  Casey Affleck just shared one of my works on Instagram and he already has over 1500 likes. If you're here after seeing me on Casey's...

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Sam Allardyce

I'm still in too much of a rush today.  After that Gareth Southgate disaster, I thought I'd move on to Big Sam.  At least I know from drawing him...

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Gareth Southgate

So the Euros have started and I'll be watching all three games today.  That's two good reasons for doing this inknse portrait of Gareth Southgate -...

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Secret Door Into Hartlip Church

The Euros start today, so my paintings might slow right down over the next few weeks unless I can start getting out of bed earlier.  There's only...

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Pale Horse Rider

OK, so I was in an Allman Betts Band mood today.  After painting Devon Allman, I thought I should really also paint Duane Betts.  But the best...

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Long Gone

I was flicking through one of my Jean Haines books last night for inspiration and decided to do something in her style today.  the subject matter...

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The Sea Fit

Two paintings in one day and the second is even better than the first. After doing that first painting, it felt too early to be stopping but I...

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Unidentified Scottish Hills

There's good news and bad news on the painting front.  First the bad news.  I won't be appearing on the next series of Landscape Artist Of The...

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Jazmine

I've not done my artwork lately.  Too busy with a correspondence chess tournament - these things tend to take over your life.  But with one game...

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Margaret

Inktense pencils are just too much fun to draw with, so here's another.  It's a debut for Margaret.  I've cropped her so I get no hands or feet. ...

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Kevin At The Interview

It's too hot outside today: watercolour paint will dry far too quickly.  So I'm indoors with the inktense pencils. It's back to one of my...

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Glean a’Chroin

I felt inspired by one of the subpaintings in my last post (The Joy Of Six).  It was the one in the bottom right. Winsor Orange and Indigo are like...

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The Joy Of Six

I'm normally pretty good at restricting the number of colours in my paintings but sometimes I just need to let go and throw everything down.  This...

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