Category: Music

Slash

Today I have been mostly painting Slash. This is a posterised painting using the blue colour scheme, as described here, so the colour are cerulean...

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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

Iā€™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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Phil Lesh

I do enjoy listening to the Grateful Dead while painting. And their music comes through in my artwork while they're playing. I loosen up and I...

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Complements Of The Seasons

And here's the complete collection. I started by thinking about colour schemes. I've painted collections of monotone paintings with a single...

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Henry Winter + Johnny Winter = Pi/2

And here's the final one in the collection. We have sports journalist Henry Winter and the late Johnny Winter. I've already done portraits using...

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Donna Summer In Blue And Orange

Next up in this collection is (maybe not a surprise to some) Donna Summer. I've painted her in blue and orange. Once again I've kind of got a...

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Could It Be Magic?

Today I quite fancied putting dry pigment down on the paper and wetting it. I'd already picked out a photo of Barry Manilow that might look good...

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Angus Young

Oh dear, this hasnā€™t been a great start to September. I wanted to give the fineliners another runout. To encourage myself to be looser with the...

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