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...
Watercolour
Then Came The Mines, Then Came The Ore
Today I was feeling inspired by Liron Yankonsky. In a recent video, he created loads of interesting textures using granulating colours, so I...
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...
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...
And My Radio Says Tonight It’s Gonna Freeze
After yesterday's triple landscape using the M Graham watercolours, I was always planning in following up with a full sized l landscape using the...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Today's subject matter is a still from Star Trek TOS. It's a still from What Are Little Girls Made, featuring Sherry Jackson and Ted Cassidy as the...
The Strangest Man
I've been reading The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo, the biography of mathematical physicist Paul Dirac, someone I've painted before. Looking at...
Big Daddy And Giant Haystacks
Back in the 1970s we had this "thing" called professional wrestling. It was a pantomime-esquire acting performance dressed up like a sporting...
Alan Davies
Right, time to get down to some proper work and to produce some posterised paintings that will impress the Portrait Artist Of The Year judges when...
Keeping His Promise
I've not done much painting this year. It's partly due to having too many other distractions and partly due to the days still feeling too short....
Crash Landing
And here's the companion piece to go with 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be). The process for painting it is exactly the same. Both paintings...