Watercolour

Disapproval From Mount Rushmore

Another watercolour today.  I wanted to have another go with the desert supergranulators supplemented with cool blues after they worked out so well...

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Inverie In Tundra Colours

I didn't stay away long.  I'm back to paint Inverie again, this time using the tundra supergranulators.  I've chosen a different viewpoint and was...

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The Old Forge In Watercolour

I'm back on the watercolours and couldn't resist having another go at The Old Forge in Ivernie.  It was tempting have a go at this scene in tundra...

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Torre Nubia

After that View From Ardtinish Castle, that dear old boy Howard has done it again and come up with another amazing holiday photo made up of simple...

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The Mukurob (Finger Of God)

So after finishing Hazel Soan's African Watercolours I wanted to strike while the iron was hot and paint something influenced by the book.  For...

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Tundra Colours

This painting was long overdue.  I'd had these tundra colours for a while and had painted a few snowy scenes in Nuuk, Greenland plus the odd U.K....

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Look Over Yonder

I'm still on the watercolours today but not in the mood to work long and hard at a painting.  Maybe it's because The Ashes are on; maybe it's...

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Sky Above Hartlip Church

  I'm back on to watercolours today and onto my proper palette rather than following any Schmincke supergranulator cheat codes, much as a love...

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A Hot Day In Nuuk

It was part 2 of the challenge today.  After painting a rocky scene with the tundra supergranulators yesterday, I wanted to paint an Arctic scene...

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Bridge Over The River Risopatron

So after that brief dalliance with the Artgrafs this morning, I was back to the watercolours in the afternoon.  For subject matter, I picked out...

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Il Brutto

So here's part 3 of 3 and that's the collection complete.  Tuco followed the same methodology as the previous two paintings so, what I did (and I'm...

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Il Cattivo

Number two in my The Good, The Bad And The Ugly collection is Angel Eyes, the bad one, played by Lee Van Cleef.  In allocating supergranulating...

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Il Buono

It's been more than a year since I painted a scene from a Western and I'm returning to that subject big time with a set of three paintings based on...

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The Long Reach, Cambridge

So today I headed out to the river to do some painting.  Not being allowed to paint inside colleges and having my building draftmanship confidence...

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Looking In From Christ’s Pieces

For reasons (d) other I'm in Cambridge for a couple of days and brought most of my gear with me to do some painting.  I forgot the kitchen roll and...

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A Moment At Stonehenge

It was supposed to be the start of the big heatwave today but for most if the day it's been exactly the opposite.  For the first time since I had...

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