Yesterday's painting took a while and left me a little drained so I was tempted to take a day off today but I have a physio class tomorrow that...
Supergranulators
Peter Wyngarde
Time for another posterised watercolour portrait in an attempt to impress the PAOTY judges. This is the late actor Peter Wyngarde who specialised...
John McVie
I’m still looking to come up with stuff in the same style as my Artist Of The Year submissions and that will hopefully impress any visiting judges....
A Secret Worship
For today's painting, the first serious painting of the year, I thought I'd try out something Christopher Stephen recently tried out on YouTube,...
Seven Local Landscapes
It's the new year. Welcome to 2026. My year end hiatus is officially over and I'm back into action. As usual, I needed to rattle out a no...
Self Portrait 2026
After a sleep and a walk, I decided that yesterday'spainting wasn't going to be next year's official portrait me Portrait Artist Of The Year Entry....
How Do Mountains Hear?
It's that time of year when I need to start thinking about the next call for entries to portrait Artist Of The Year. And that means I need to come...
Haruki Murakamai
I’m back in action today. The chess is still keeping me busy and it wasn't until 7.30pm that I finished this one but I was determined to come up...
These Rivers Of Headlights, These Rivers Of Rain
I’ve been meaning to do a painting like this for a while, as there are a number of lines in Telegraph Road screaming out for something like this....
Hear My Freedom
Yesterday was a cracking day for artists. There was that feeling of rain in the air, the sky was overcast and everything felt wet without actually...
Carlo Ancelotti
Back into my comfort zone today with a posterised portrait using the Shire colours, following my usual process. This is Carlo Ancelotti, one of...
Here He Comes
Tuesday's angelfish went so well that I thought I'd have mother go at a camouflaged fish in posterised style. This could end up becoming a series...
Bob Weir
July has been too hot for painting. I've made it home from my morning walks and not had the energy to do anything other than read a book. From...
The Black Hills
I've had twelve paintings up on the wall of the restaurant at the Rose & Crown for a while now. Occasionally the odd one is sold but the owners...
The Wrong Kind Of Snow
After all that fun yesterday with the tundra supergranulators, I was ready to give them another go today, with another snowy mountain scene but one...
Built A Cabin And A Winter Store
In an attempt to tick off another line from Telegraph Road, I was Googling cabins in Greenland and came across a photo of a couple of cabins (or...
People Driving Home From The Factories
Today was a good day for a long painting after getting out really early to go for my walk before the temperature got too high. And when things did...
Then Came The Mines, Then Came The Ore
Today I was feeling inspired by Liron Yankonsky. In a recent video, he created loads of interesting textures using granulating colours, so I...
Great Gig In The Sky: David Gilmour
I was watching a bit of YouTube over breakfast this week and came across a review of Great Gig In The Sky from the Pink Floyd Pulse concert and it...
Entering Queendown Warren
The bathroom fitters have the day off so I'm not stuck indoors and am back in the studio today. After spending all week on market portraits, I was...