Actors

Private Joe Walker II

For my second portrait today I had another go at Joe Walker.  This actually my third attempt.  I tried using the same source photo as first time...

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ARP Warden William Hodges

Up nice and early today and, with the chess not needing too much work today, I think I have time for two portraits.  First up is Hodges, played by...

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Lance Corporal Jack Jones

Only time for one more portrait today and it's Lance Corporal Jack Jones, played by Clive Dunn.  I picked out this portrait because of all...

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Private Joe Walker

Next up is Private Joe Walker, played by James Beck, one of my favourite two characters in this TV show.  What I liked about the source photo was...

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Sergeant Arthur Wilson

I was away for a few days for a wedding in Leeds last weekend and just started playing in a correspondence chess tournament.  With too much brain...

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United Underworld

And here's the United Underworld collection all together. Catwoman maybe looks a little weak but, being drawn at a different distance and with her...

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Catwoman

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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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