Category: Media

Queendown Warren: Rain On The Way

Sometimes my choice of what to paint is based on some really weird reasons. Today I looked the box of CDs I have in the studio and thought it...

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John Henry Holliday

Yeah, June is taking a while to get started and I've gone for another easy option. It's a posterised portrait and, not only that, I've pretty well...

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The Transfer

Today's painting is based on a photo taken by an old friend Olly while (I believe) on holiday in Portugal. He said it had an Edward Hopper feel to...

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Anastasia

June's started slowly, just like every month. And, as is usual when I'm a little short of match practice, I'm coming back with a figure painting....

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The Man Who Found Out

After fixing a load of charcoal paintings the other day, I was in the mood for some charcoal action but took the day off yesterday to have another...

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Charlie Cheswick

And finally we have Charlie Cheswick, played by Sydney Lassick. This was the portrait I've been most looking forward to doing. Seeing this photo...

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Dale Harding

Nearly there now. Number seven in the collection is Dale Harding, played by William Redfield. A decent enough likeness but quite a boring...

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Bruce Frederickson

Next in the queue for meds at Nurse Ratched's booth is Bruce Frederickson, played by Vincent Schiavelli. He doesn't say or do much in the film but...

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Chief Bromden

I don't normally do this but I've done a third marker painting in a day. This is The Chief, played by Will Sampson. He seemed the character most...

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Martini

Fourth up is Martini (I can't find his first name) played by Danny DeVito. This film is just packed with names. I've done Martini in purple just...

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Billy Bibbit

Number three in the collection is Billy Bibbit, played by Brad Dourif. I've used the green marker here, reflecting Billy's innocence. Likeness...

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Max Taber

Next up is Max Taber, played by Christopher Lloyd. Probably the scariest of all the patients in the film, like an unexploded bomb. It was a no...

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Randle McMurphy

Another big collection of marker portraits on the way. This time it's eight patients from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, one of the greatest...

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The Studio

I wandered around the village for a while looking for a subject for my third dash & splash. I wanted to find a drawing spot in the shade as the...

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Hartlip War Memorial

It's been a while since I last went on a dash & splash so I thought I'd give it a go today. How this works is that I head outside and do some...

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13 September 1999

After yesterday's news that I won't be wildcarding it at LAOTY and the arrival of two new Artgraf colours, today was always going to be an Artgraf...

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Cammie III

Time to try something new. In that Burne Hogarth book I read about something called sculptural light. It's a light and shade scheme that ignites...

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