Gosh! And the Catwoman too! The four of them, their forces combined…why, the sum of the angels in that rectangle is too monstrous to...
Category: Actors
The Joker
The Joker! Woi if only Oi had a nickel for every time he's foxed us! Yes, third up it's The Joker, played by Cesar Romero. I decided overnight...
The Riddler
The Riddler! Back to plague us with his criminal conundrums! Next up in the United Underworld collection is The Riddler, played by Frank Gorshin....
The Penguin
The Penguin! Pompous waddling master of foul play, maestro of a million ubiquitous umbrellas! We're off on another collection of marker portraits...
Pulp Fiction
I have a day's respite today from preparing for the art studio and thought I'd better dust off some cobwebs and get back to my artwork. After...
John Cleese
I had a premonition the other day. Maybe it's all to do with new episodes of Fawlty Towers being created but I've convinced myself that John...
Twelve Angry Men
I saw this film on the telly the other day. Twelve Angry Men. It was released in 1957 and is a masterpiece. Twelve members of a jury debate a...
David Suchet
It's still too cold to be out painting, so I'm indoors with the coloured pencils again. And, to be honest, I could do with having more portraits...
William Shatner
It's been a long time since my last post but I've finally got to a day with no Christmas shopping, university pickups or doctor/dentist/optician...
Neil McCarthy
Neil McCarthy (1932-1985) was one of those actors everyone recognises but whose name nobody knows. I saw him in an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave...
Paul Shane
I've had my eye in the late Paul Shane for a while. In particular the Paul Shane who turned up on Pebble Mill that time to sing You've Lost That...
Shaun Williamson
I've been planning to go on a trip to the seaside for four days now and for four days I've been put off by either the weather or M2 closures. On...
Ross Kemp
Wednesday night is Landscape Of The Year night. But just before LAOTY is a repeat of Portrait Artist Of The Year that I don't watch, having seen...
The On The Buses Collection
And here's the complete collection. Mum does stand out a bit, to be honest, but remember that sixth portrait doubles up as Mum and Happy Harry. ...
Mabel Edith Butler
And here it is, the final piece in the On The Buses collection. It's Mum, played by the late Doris Hare. And, yes, I know, I've cheated here by...
Stan Butler
Number five in the On The Buses collection is Stan Butler, played by the late Reg Varney, equally famous for being the first person ever to use a...
Olive Rudge
Number four in the On The Buses collection is Olive, played by Anna Karen. Recognisable but not a great likeness. That's starting to become the...
Jack Harper
Number three in the On The Buses Collection is Jack Harper, played by the late Bob Grant. This one has taken a while as my black marker and the...
Cyril Blake
And today's second work is Cyril Blake, played by the late Stephen Lewis. I think we all know where this collection is going now, yeah? While...
Arthur Rudge
I almost made it through the whole of December without doing any artwork, which was a bit worrying. I thought I'd better get back to it before...