Category: Music

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 hasn’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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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ok, so I've painted Devon Allman, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Allen Collins, Jerry Garcia, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Warren Haynes. Jimi...

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And, By The Way, Which One Is Pink?

With there still being a bit of paint left on the Schmincke dot card, I thought I'd have another go at an abstract portrait rather than leave it...

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Freebird!

This one's been coming for a while. It's a portrait of Allen Collins and Gary Rossington, two of the founder members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and I'm...

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No Ma’am: We’re Musicians

Monday’s always a short day for me, so I thought this would be the perfect excuse to take a break from the posterised Newington landscapes and to...

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Joe Walsh

Today's painting is a portrait of Joe Walsh of The Eagles, someone who in his heyday was probably even more fun at parties than Frank Bough....

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Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil

Time for something new. Ā This has been brewing away in my mind for a couple of weeks and I finally decided to give it a go. Ā It's my first ever...

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Gary Moore

After managing to capture the face that Warren Haynes pulls when he hits a high note, I thought I'd thought I'd try a repeat performance by...

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Tres Hombres

I wanted to have another go at painting ZZ Top after failing so badly a couple of days ago. Ā This time, though, it would be in watercolour and...

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Freddie Mercury

Right. Ā That's enough of the Inktense pencils. Ā I need to get back to watercolour portraits to impress any passing Portrait Of The Year Judges. Ā I...

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ZZ Top

Today's was a bit of Ā flop. Ā I wanted to have another go at a three layer Inktense pencil band portrait and decided to have a go at ZZ Top. Ā I...

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Rush

A new month and new boundaries to push, new ideas to explore. Ā I've been having all this fun with the Artist Assist App but have only so far used...

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Amy Winehouse

I heard some of the late Amy Winehouse's music the other day. Ā I'm guessing it must have been a question on either Only Connect or University...

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Warren Haynes In Watercolour

The closing date for Portrait Artist Of The Year is on 5 February, ten days away. Ā I've already submitted my entryĀ but this is the time of her when...

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Ronnie Wood

After John Lydon went so well the other day, I thought I'd have another go with the oil pastels. Ā And because John came out looking old and battle...

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