It's been a bad day at the office today. I wanted to use some of the lessons I learned the other day after sorting my paintings by colour key. I...
Paintings Named After
Moon, Turn The Tides…Gently Gently Away
I'm currently reading How To Make A Watercolour Paint Itself by Nita Engle and thought I'd try out some of her ideas today with a stormy sea...
Castles Made Of Sand
This is my second attempt at a painting with a complementary colour scheme. The two colours are Winsor orange and French ultramarine. In Quiller...
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Having learned my lessons, here's my second attempt of the day. There are only three colours in the whole painting. Payne's grey and light red...
The Wind Cries Mary
I was short of ideas today, so watched a few Jean Lurssen videos on YouTube for inspiration. I was impressed by one "exercise" she did (for...
A Desert Episode
In that last painting, Six Ways To Look At The Moon, I was so pleased with how the bottom left subpainting turned out that I thought I'd have a go...
I See The Gods In Battle Rage On High
I don't know why but when I have something to do later in the day it affects my painting. I need to take my youngest to football training for 5pm...
Pale Horse Rider
OK, so I was in an Allman Betts Band mood today. After painting Devon Allman, I thought I should really also paint Duane Betts. But the best...
Long Gone
I was flicking through one of my Jean Haines books last night for inspiration and decided to do something in her style today. the subject matter...
The Sea Fit
Two paintings in one day and the second is even better than the first. After doing that first painting, it felt too early to be stopping but I...
I Said In That Case I’ll Have A Manhattan. She Said Fine. And In Thirty Seconds Time…
Right then. How we doin'? Back on the roooad! Sorry. Been watching too many Rate My Takeaway videos on YouTube. Anyway, back to painting today...
Time
This run of village paintings is all very well but if I don't vary things around a bit, I'll settle into a rut and never get any better. So I...
For A Nosy Parker It’s An Interestin’ Job
After putting together the underpainting that I described in the previous post, I spent most of today trying to work out what to do with it. The...
The Thin Ice
After the disaster that was The Brimham Rocks, I wasn't happy. I wanted to chase the frustrations out of my system by bashing out a second...
I See A Red Door And I Want It Painted Black
Where do I start with this one? Well, I’ve been thinking of doing something like this all week, dividing the paper up and doing lots of little...
The Regeneration Of Lord Ernie
I got some silverbrush black velvet brushes for Christmas and have been itching to try them out, so braved the cold today and did some painting in...
I Am The Eye In The Sky
So, AA, when are we going to see what you're doing with that painting of an eye from the other day? And why is it exactly that you're needing to...
Winter Is Coming
I thought I'd have another go at turning an abstract underpainting into something recognisable. This time, though, I made three changes. The...
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Today's painting is dedicated to the recently departed Sir Alan Parker, who directed (as well as many other films) The Wall, a film featuring all...
And I’m Thumper!
Today's subject is Thumper from Diamonds Are Forever, played by actress Trina Parks. In this shot, Trina adopts what must be one of the greatest...