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...
Category: Abstract/Crazy
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...
The Joy Of Six
I'm normally pretty good at restricting the number of colours in my paintings but sometimes I just need to let go and throw everything down. This...
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...
Abstract Beginnings
Yesterday I kicked off an abstract painting. I put on some masking tape and some directional masking fluid spatters. Then laid on some nice thick...
Moose On The Phoenix Trail
Reading that George Blacklock book during the week I started to think about how artists like Dali, Mageitte and Blacklock himself have common theme...
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...
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...
The Cheetah Woman
After the painting experiment two days ago that I unwrapped yesterday, I had an overnight think and decided that I was going to press ahead and...
Another Abstract Underpainting
The markers and inktense pencils haven't really been working out for me over the last week or so, so I thought I'd better brave the cold outside...
The Tree Of Life
My second painting of the day was a lot more successful. The underpainting was again in ultramarine blue, raw sienna and burnt sienna. With two...
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...
(Two Of) The Hateful Eight
I thought it was about time I went back to my most popular series of paintings, the abstractified Westerns. Today, I found a still from The...
The Hidden Gorilla
I've finished the experimental painting that I started on Thursday. I’ve added more watercolour. This again is mainly Prussian blue, Indian...
Another Experiment
I've been taking another look through Ann Blockley's Watercolour Workshop over the last couple of evenings, so was in the mood for another of those...
Goldfinch On Cheese
I've saved the best until last, and here it is. Goldfinch On Cheese. It's quite a normal landscape compared to the other two paintings but it's...
We’re Going To The Zoo Zoo Zoo
And here's my second of the day. The big mistake I made on this one was to paint over everything with watercolour ground. It ruined the sky...
It’s Quiet Out There…Too Quiet
So, as I said, I've been cutting up failed paintings And reassembling the best bits into new works of art. I've cone up with three new works. ...
Bubble Horse Horse Bubble
It's a bank holiday, the sun's out and I'm back on the watercolours for the first time in months. I've been pining for orange over the last couple...