At the time of writing, it looks like it's been six days since my last painting but looks can be deceptive. Because I was busy with another...
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Hovis Hill In The Snow
After two posterised watercolour portraits this week, I took a break today from Artist Of The Year promotions to do something different. I was...
Rik Mayall
Keeping going with the posterised portraits. Today's subject is the late Rik Mayall playing Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart in Blackadder Goes...
Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd
Diamonds Are Forever was on the telly the other night and inspired me into painting a portrait of nefarious duo Mr. Wint (left, played by Bruce...
Karen Of Mountbatten-Windsorius
Back to posterised watercolour portraits today. I fancied trying to reproduce the outer spacey look of Miles Davis, so hunted around for a Star...
Jackson’s Art Prize Extended Longlist
Today's big news is that The Wrong Kind Of Snow has made it on to the Jacksons Art Prize extended longlist. Out of 16,280 entries, only 4,200...
And It Makes Me Wonder
Looks like I'm taking a break from LAOTY and PAOTY prep this week then because today I fancied giving the crystalline water colours their first...
Raven S In Coloured Pencil
As expected, after Wednesday's effort, I had to come up with a coloured pencil figure today. Today's model is Raven S, someone who worked out well...
Michaela II
Too much on this week. And even with nothing on today, I don't feel liberated enough to spend a few hours on a landscape or portrait, so it's a day...
Thomas Tuchel
When I asked ChatGPT for feedback on Miles Davis, it started raving about how that painting looked like a constellation against a starry...
Miles Davis
Back to watercolour portraits again. I'm more optimistic about my PAOTY chances than my LAOTY chances but I have to keep going at both. I saw...
The Forgotten Twelve
So here it is: my tribute to the twelve astronauts to have visited the moon before 2026 but never set foot on it. I'm calling them the forgotten...
Ronald Evans
It's been a long journey but we've finally made it to Apollo 17, at the time of writing the last manned mission to the moon. Gene Cernan was...
Ken Mattingly
The next member of the club is Ken Mattingly, CMP of Apollo 16. His crew mates were Commander John Young and LMP Charles Duke. It was John's second...
Alfred Worden
Second one today and number ten in the collection is Alfred Worden, CMP of Apollo 15. David Scott was commander of this mission and James Irwin the...
Stuart Roosa
After a day off while waiting for some new markers to arrive, it's back to work. This is Stuart Roosa, CMP of Apollo 14. He stayed in orbit while...
Fred Haise
Number eight in the collection is Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot in Apollo 13. The plan was for Fred to be the sixth man on the moon and to not be...
Jack Swigert
Number 7 in the collection is Jack Swigert. Command Module Pilot in the ill fated but miraculous Apollo13. Jack's second colour is a grey, cool...
Richard Gordon Junior
Before I say anything else, the mystery has been solved. Someone on LinkedIn worked out that the twelve subjects in this collection are the twelve...
Michael Collins
Number five in the collection and things are starting to get interesting because we've reached Apollo 11. This is Michael Collins, the Command...