Actors

Rand

I realised last night that the nine in this collection will comprise three each of red shirts, blue shirts and green shirts. So that makes my...

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Sulu

Second in the collection is Mr Sulu, played by George Takei. It looks like the first layer of colour is yellow but it's actually lime green. ...

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Spock

These are tricky times. We're having one of our bathrooms done up over the next week or two and this means I'm not able to spend as much time in...

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Edith Keeler

Star Trek's on five night a week on Legend Xtra at the moment and has already inspired one painting. Tonight's episode is The City On The Edge Of...

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Dave Best

Another portrait today for the benefit of those lovely PAOTY judges. Today's subject is Dave Best from The Royle Family, played by the great comedy...

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What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Today's subject matter is a still from Star Trek TOS. It's a still from What Are Little Girls Made, featuring Sherry Jackson and Ted Cassidy as the...

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Alan Davies

Right, time to get down to some proper work and to produce some posterised paintings that will impress the Portrait Artist Of The Year judges when...

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Oliver Reed

I’ve had a photo of Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes in Oliver! sitting around for a while waiting to be painted and today was the day when I was finally...

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The Blues Brothers Band

So here's the complete Blues Brothers band. From left to right, along the top row, then the bottom, we have: Willie "Too Big" Hall, drums ...

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Elwood Blues

And finally here's Elwood Blues, played by Dan Aykroyd. Again, black and white and simple shapes. But, unlike with Jake, I've wasted the...

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“Joliet” Jake Blues

OK, the secret's out. After finding Blues Brothers on some satellite channel late at night twice last week, I had to get the band back together....

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Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin

Nearly there now. My horn section won't be complete without a trumpeter, so I'm looking to recruit this guy. Unfortunately Alan has a nicely...

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Willie “Too Big” Hall

What about a drummer? Every band needs a drummer. And I have Willie "Too Big" Hall. It was a tough choice beteween amethyst and a cool grey for my...

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Tom “Bones” Malone

Continuing with filling out the horn section, we have Tom "Bones" Malone on the trombone. Tom came out OK and the collection is starting to come...

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“Blue Lou” Marini

And here's number five in the collection. Time to build a horn section, starting with "Blue Lou" Marini in saxophone. This feels like the best...

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Matt “Guitar” Murphy

I’m still putting the band together and it's another guitarist today. The next page Journal had a red mark somewhere in the middle, so I looked at...

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Donald “Duck” Dunn

It's getting dark earlier but it was still light enough for me to have the energy for a second portrait today. I do need to start getting up and...

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Murphy Dunne

The next one on this set of ten market portraits is Murphy Dunne. Because I need someone on keyboards. The likeness isn't perfect but he looks...

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Steve “The Colonel” Cropper

I saw something on the telly late at night last week. And then it was on again the following night so I watched it again. I sat there frustrated...

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