Yesterday's painting took a while and left me a little drained so I was tempted to take a day off today but I have a physio class tomorrow that...
Jimi Hendrix Tracks
Rainy Day, Dream Away
It's another oil pastel landscape today. I found a photo online of the arch that connects Hartlip Church to the orchards behind it. It's an arch...
Foxy Lady
And now the Artist Of The Year run up starts. I need to building up my collection of watercolour portraits and pastel landscapes for PAOTY and...
New Rising Sun
I’m back in action today after three days off. With the plan being to check out the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday, I really should be...
Lullaby For The Summer
I didn't use the soft pastels at all during September so thought I’d better get them out today. I picked a scene from Queendown Warren that's been...
Hear My Freedom
Yesterday was a cracking day for artists. There was that feeling of rain in the air, the sky was overcast and everything felt wet without actually...
Straight Ahead
A soft pastel painting today, the first in over a month. It seems I'm always a bit behind on stying in practice at everything but that's my fault...
Here He Comes
Tuesday's angelfish went so well that I thought I'd have mother go at a camouflaged fish in posterised style. This could end up becoming a series...
Sweet Angel
Number one son was asking whether I’d ever painted a fish. I think he was hoping to be able to give a fish painting as a present for two of his...
Hey Joe
I was in the mood for a figure painting with sensible colours today. I'd already picked out a photo of a male model called Joe, one that had lots...
Freedom
Right, time to give the huge set of 125 oil pastels a workout. I picked a view in Queendown Warren. I don't think it's a view I see on my daily...
Little Wing
Just a portrait of a giraffe today, albeit one with a bird attached to its neck. This one was inspired by a holiday photo in Zimbabwe by Derek, an...
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...
1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
I wanted to do something today that didn't involve using a photographic source. The idea was that I could watch the World Championship Chess at...
Messing Around
It's been a whole week since I last posted. Sorry about that. Too much other stuff on. Choosing a bathroom, choosing blinds, attending an 80th...
Untitled Basic Track
The nights are fair drawin' in and the days are getting colder. I thought it was cold enough today to dig out the oil pastels again. I've not used...
Long Hot Summer Night
This is another painting that's been brewing for a while. If I don't look at the clouds and see naked women, what else is there to see? Well,...
Fire
Today it's a portrait of Jimi Hendrix. You can tell that I've used the Artist Assist App again just by looking at this one. I was planning to do...
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...
Somewhere
Well this is something new. I'm writing up a painting before I've taken a photo because it's being left to dry overnight and seems to still be...