OK then, I’ve built up a decent reserve of paintings for when any are sold at the Rose & Crown and need replacing. I can get back to painting...
Watercolour
The Touch Of Pan
Something a bit different today. This frying pan was going to be thrown out and replaced so I thought I'd grab it and paint it. if I was doing...
Sir Geoff Hurst
I had to order a load of paints and paper from Jackson’s the other day and was delighted to see another dot card thrown in as. Free extra. This...
Early Twentieth Century Hartlip
Time to work on building up a reserve of paintings ready to display at the Rose & Crown when others are sold. For today's subject I picked out...
In From The Storm
The news came through last night that two of my paintings that were on display at at the Rose & Crown have been sold. So I needed to find a...
Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart
The subject of today's painting is a building in the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, a set of supermodern homes built for an exhibition on 1927....
Burnside Cottage, Fionnphort, Isle Of Mull
I'm still getting used to the NeolucidaXL. As the next step in my journey towards mastering its ways, I used it today to help me draw a simple...
Jesse Woodson James
For my first painting using the NeoLucida XL, I picked out a photo of Jesse James. I thought it would be a gentle way to make myself familiar with...
Peter Red, Peter Amber, Peter Green
It didn't take long for me to get around to painting Peter Green. I went for a triple portrait of Peter because his personal history made him a...
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 there still being a bit of paint left on the Schmincke dot card, I thought I'd have another go at an abstract portrait rather than leave it...
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...
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...
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...