Ok, so I've painted Devon Allman, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Allen Collins, Jerry Garcia, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Warren Haynes. Jimi...
Category: Watercolour
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...
And, By The Way, Which One Is Pink?
With most of the paint on the Schmincke dot card used up, I thought I'd have another go at an abstract portrait rather than have them sitting...
Ilad Rodavlas
And here's the companion piece to Salvador Dali, painted in parallel. It follows pretty well the same method, the only three differences being...
Salvador Dali
So here's what I did with that Schmincke dot card. I quite fancied doing a portrait, so looked around for a simple portrait of a colourful...
The Face Of Harakbut
This is the Face Of Harakbut. It's in the Amazon rainforest, somewhere in Peru. Nobody knows whether it's manmade or a natural rock formation. ...
Freebird!
This one's been coming for a while. It's a portrait of Allen Collins and Gary Rossington, two of the founder members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and I'm...
Mighty Mouse
Yesterday's painting was bad, very bad. I just had to come back and have another go at Kevin Keegan, acting on some of the lessons I'd learned...
Kevin Keegan
Back for another go with the crystalline watercolour and today it's my first go at using them for a portrait. Today's subject is the legend that...
Harvey’s Brewery, Lewes
And here's the first outing for the M Graham watercolours. I picked a view of the Harvey's brewery in Lewes because the River Ouse alongside it...
Camp Of The Dog
No book reviews or swatches today. It's time to start trying out all these new art supplies, starting with the crystalline watercolour. For subject...
Series Of Posterised Paintings Of Newington
So, yeah, the local vicar asked me a few weeks go whether I'd be interesting in setting up a stand at the Newington garden party on 24 August,...
Station Road, Newington
And here's the last of my series of nine posterised paintings of Newington. It's based on a really old photo of Station Road, probably predating...
Newington Pelican Crossing
Back to the real business today and it's the eighth of my nine posterised. Newington landscapes. I'm now on to the two colour schemes that are the...
High Street, Newington, 1920s
I’m still building up this series of posterised paintings of Newington. Today I painted a scene on the A2 from the 1920s. The colour scheme is the...
The Former George Inn, Newington
Next up in this series of posterised paintings is one on the green colour scheme, with layers of transparent yellow, cerulean blue and French...
St. Mary The Virgin Church, Newington
Here we go. Number five in a collection of at least seven, probably nine, posterised paintings of Newington. Today I've finally bitten the bullet...
39 High Street, Newington
I bumped into the local vicar yesterday. He conformed that I'm invited to have a stand selling paintings at a Newington garden party at Newington...
Two Kiln Oast, Newington
After a day off, I'm back to building a collection of paintings of Newington. Today I picked out a converted oast house next to the church. ...
Mings Chinese Takeaway, Newington
Another Newington landscape tidy and once again it's using the Notanizer app. Today it's Mings Chinese Takeaway and I've painted it using the...