Category: Watercolour

Edinburgh Castle

It looks as if the weather's about to warm up again and that I'll be out doing some more plein air soft pastel painting very soon bit I thought I'd...

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Eastfields

It's a week today to the 80th anniversary VE Day and our village will be having a celebratory party this Sunday. A local guy, Kevin, will be...

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Westminster Bridge

Well it didn’t take me long to have a go at painting something Michael Reardon style. This view of Westminster Bridge was perfect for such an...

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Oscar Wilde

Back into proper painting action today and it's a watercolour portrait. Someone put up an Oscar Wilde quote the other day on LinkedIn next to a...

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Sir Roger Moore

I thought I'd have another go at Sir Roger Moore today. He's one of a number of people that I feel I owe a portrait after having had a go once and...

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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...

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Spectre Of The Gun

The idea for this one came to me last night. I was googling around, looking at reviews of some forthcoming Star Trek episodes and found this still...

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Like A Rolling River

I’m taking a break from portraits for a while (which could be anything between a week and a couple of months) to concentrate on landscapes. And...

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Eric Morecambe

It's a portrait of Eric Morecambe today in crystalline watercolours. I put down a pencil drawing last night, dividing Eric up into highlights, mid...

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Debbie Harry

Starting to feel like I’m back in the swing of things again after this one, my first three layer posterised watercolour portrait in three weeks. ...

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Four Colleges

I was back in the studio today but, after a long housework sesh, didn't have much time for painting. So I thought I'd go for something in the...

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Stephen Mangan

Yesterday's watercolour painting was a huge success and I've learned through experience that the best way to follow up a win like that is not to...

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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...

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Robbie Williams

Someone put up a post on LinkedIn today about Robbie Williams and I realised immediately that he'd make a great portrait subject and am kicking...

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Dave Best

Another portrait today for the benefit of those lovely PAOTY judges. Today's subject is Dave Best from The Royle Family, played by the great comedy...

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Lemmy Kilmister

Someone put up a post on LinkedIn the other day (hi Steve!) asking people what song makes them turn up the volume on the radio. Looking down the...

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