Today it's the late Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath who does a week ago just 17 days after performing in his farewell concert. I picked out this...
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The Duchess
Today's subject is The Duchess, vocalist in the band Space Elevator. I picked a source photo in which she was wearing a stripy top as these tend...
Bob Weir
July has been too hot for painting. I've made it home from my morning walks and not had the energy to do anything other than read a book. From...
Great Gig In The Sky: Sam Brown
I’m still on Great Gig In The Sky from the Pink Floyd Pulse concert. Today it's the first of the three female vocalists on that track, Sam Brown....
Great Gig In The Sky: David Gilmour
I was watching a bit of YouTube over breakfast this week and came across a review of Great Gig In The Sky from the Pink Floyd Pulse concert and it...
Sinead O’Connor
Sometimes want to painting but am in a "clean mood" and don't fancy making a mess, cover up the desk with a sheet and cleaning stuff up afterwards....
Debbie Harry
Starting to feel like I’m back in the swing of things again after this one, my first three layer posterised watercolour portrait in three weeks. ...
Robbie Williams
Someone put up a post on LinkedIn today about Robbie Williams and I realised immediately that he'd make a great portrait subject and am kicking...
Lemmy Kilmister
Someone put up a post on LinkedIn the other day (hi Steve!) asking people what song makes them turn up the volume on the radio. Looking down the...
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...
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 ...
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...
“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....
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...
Matt “Guitar Murphy” – Second Attempt
I wan't happy with my first go at Matt Murphy a couple of days ago. His right hand and left eye were all wrong and his face was looking too...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...