Category: Tundra

Highland Cow

Somebody local who works with number two son in the kitchen at the Rose & Crown expressed an interest in buying a painting of a highland cow if...

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Monty Panesar On Mastermind

Today's idea came from a YouTube video over breakfast the other day. It was a video of the ten most embarrassing celebrity appearances on quiz...

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Early Twentieth Century Hartlip

Time to work on building up a reserve of paintings ready to display at the Rose & Crown when others are sold. For today's subject I picked out...

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In From The Storm

The news came through last night that two of my paintings that were on display at at the Rose & Crown have been sold. So I needed to find a...

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Bunnahabhain Distillery

I'm still making my way through my birthday presents but it isn't new art gear today: it's a new malt. An 18 year old Bunnahabhain from Islay...

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A Cold Day In Newington

I was approached by our local vicar the other day. As well as being vicar in Hartlip, he's also vicar in the neighbouring village of Newington. ...

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Julijske Alpe, Slovenia

Back to watercolours today. I've played all the Grateful Dead in the box of CDs that currently sits in my studio, so I won't be jamming with the...

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Nuuk Cathedral

Day two of my three watercolour landscapes in three days challenge and today it's buildings day. Ā I picked out a scene in Nuuk that had a church in...

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Ally MacLeod

A grim day today with a power cut in the morning and then no WiFi when the power came back on so I'm grabbing a sneaky coffee in Costa while I...

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Frank Bough

Of all the celebrities ever to have been disgraced after being caught in a tabloid sting, Frank Bough is the most likely to raise a smile and the...

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Towards Leysdown-On-Sea

The weather forecast was for quite a mild day with no rain, so I packed up for another plein air trip. Ā Today I felt like a trip to the seaside and...

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The Avengers 1965-67

And here they are together, Steed and Mrs Peel. Ā They go quite brilliantly together and are up for sale as a pair. Ā To see the price, click here.

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Mrs Emma Peel

It was always going to happen. Ā Steed needed a partner. Ā I decided to go for Mrs Peel, a character that was sure to make a great painting. After...

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Inside New Court, Christ’s College

I needed to paint something other than portraits and, while looking around my Cambridge college's website, hit upon the idea of painting the inside...

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Three-One!

Something about that Joe Jordan painting yesterday put me in a nostalgic mood and wanting to keep going back to the 1978 World Cup. Ā And the...

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Joe Jordan

Today I have been mostly painting a portrait of Joe Jordan. Ā As he's wearing a Scotland shirt it seemed appropriate to paint this one with three...

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Annual Self Portrait 2024

So at last I've finally done a self portrait in watercolour. Ā I was in the mood for supergranulators today and picked out the tundra set. I...

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First Officer Spock

I know I said I might not end up completing the Corbomite Manouver Collection but after putting Kirk and Scotty alongside each other I could see...

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Uranus

After a bit of a break, I'm back on the planets again. Ā Today it's Uranus. Ā All eight planets revolve around the sun in roughly the same plane and...

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