Today I have been mostly painting a portrait of Mark Knopfler. As one of my all time favourite guitarists, it's criminal that I've not painted him...
Watercolour
The Grateful Dead, 1965-67
A little research tells me I now have enough portraits to be able to put together a complete Grateful Dead lineup. This group of five made up the...
Bill Kreutzmann
Because it was so hot today, I went for a simple three value posterised portrait in the trippy colour scheme. It didn’t push my boundaries or...
My Name Is Michael Caine
Today's portrait subject is Sir Michael Caine. I saw a few minutes of him the other night in a film called The Great Escaper, a film he starred in...
The Terror Of The Twins
This one's taken a few days. On Friday, I prepared an underpainting. I wet the paper and covered it in all five Shire colours plus green apatite...
I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It
After too long a break, I was finally back to painting today. I thought I'd have a go at coming up with something in the style of Trevor Waugh...
Mike Pratt
I was out of ideas today so took a look through all the photos I've been saving up for potential portraits. I came across a photo of the late actor...
I Don’t Like To Go Down To The Flats
Back on the road again. But now that my pastel-based application to Landscape Artist Of The Year has been rejected I'm not feeling obliged to paint...
Meghan Parnell
I've been feeling portrait withdrawal symptoms, so I'm back to what I enjoy most today. This is Meghan Parnell, vocalist in Bywater Call. According...
Somewhere I Can Walk Alone
So, after that disaster, I thought I'd have another go at the same simple scene in Queendown Warren. This time, my intentions were to only use two...
Lonely Avenue
The chess is still going on today but I was expecting four boring draws in the mens' games, so thought I'd get back to painting with a loose...
I Don’t Live Today
Mondays are always busy for me and I wasn't planning on doing a painting. But with three days of chess coming up, I thought I should prepare...
Smile You Son Of A Bitch
It's a rest day in the FIDE masters and, with no chess to watch, I've been 100% focused on painting. Today's subject is Roy Scheider starring as...
Sean Lock
Today I've been painting a portrait of the late Sean Lock. It's a posterised painting using the trippy colour scheme and following my usual process...
Paul Merson
I started off intending to keep pressing my case for PAOTY but halfway through this one got the rejection email. It will be at least another year...
Big Ron Atkinson
Got or keep going with these posterised portraits. Twelve days to go before the PAOTY lineup is announced. Looking through my waiting list of...
Yeah, Life Was Just A Bet On A Race Between The Lights
Back to business and it's the business of creating posterised watercolour portraits for the benefit of any visiting PAOTY judges. Pulp Fiction was...
Holly Lodge
I was asked to do a painting of this bungalow in Hartlip. It's recently been sold and the former neighbours wanted to give them a painting as a...
Rik Mayall
Keeping going with the posterised portraits. Today's subject is the late Rik Mayall playing Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart in Blackadder Goes...
Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd
Diamonds Are Forever was on the telly the other night and inspired me into painting a portrait of nefarious duo Mr. Wint (left, played by Bruce...