Category: Music

Gregg Allman

There was no way I was going to stop at Cher, so I moved on to Gregg.  I wanted something that would contrast Cher's chiaroscuro against a coloured...

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Cher

Before I head back to watercolours tomorrow, I thought I really should give the marker pens a quick go.  So I googled for black and white celebrity...

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Pale Horse Rider

OK, so I was in an Allman Betts Band mood today.  After painting Devon Allman, I thought I should really also paint Duane Betts.  But the best...

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Long Gone

I was flicking through one of my Jean Haines books last night for inspiration and decided to do something in her style today.  the subject matter...

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Jimi Hendrix

I have two watercolour blocks here, so straight after drawing Neil Young (and before painting him) I grabbed my other block and drew Jimi Hendrix....

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Neil Young

Dear oh dear.  After the successes of Duane and Big Sam, I felt confident enough to have a go at this style of drawing on watercolour paper and...

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Duane Allman & Sam Allardyce

I'm going to try out something new this morning.  I'm going to start with a Charles Reid style contour drawing.  He recommends starting from the...

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Cathy Jean

Back to the inktense pencils and figure drawing. All these different artistic styles and media are like spinning plates and if I don't keep...

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Annie Mac

Portrait Artist Of The Week is back.  This is supposed to be Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac.  Believe it or not, I actually knew who this was - there used to...

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Led Zeppelin

And here's the complete Led Zep collection. The four drawings are all in different styles but work well as a set.  Four different colour...

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John Paul Jones

And here he is at last, John Paul Jones.  The only bassist to have ever given me any trouble (Geddy Lee, Jimbo and Roy are three of my greatest...

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Robert Plant

Next up in the Led Zep collection is Robert Plant.  Those curls were always going to make this a difficult job but I don't think this came out too...

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John Bonham

Next up in the Led Zep collection is the late John Bonham.  He's going to look like the odd one out in this collection, being drawn in his heyday...

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Jimmy Page

Before I get back to the paints, some portraits with markers.  And after the Rush collection turned out so well, I thought I'd go slightly more...

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The Rush Collection

And here's the complete set together.  It may even surpass the chess player set that I thought was my opus magnus. It's up for sale. To see the...

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Alex Lifeson

And here's Alex Lifeson, the third and final member of Rush. It's not the greatest likeness and the left hand and guitar aren't great but it fits...

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Neil Peart

Next up in either the Rush collection or supergroup collection is the late Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers of all time and an amazing...

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Geddy Lee

Time for another set of marker portraits.  I've done chess, physics and westerns, so it's time to start on another passion: music. This is Geddy...

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The Happiest Days Of Our Lives

Today's painting is dedicated to the recently departed Sir Alan Parker, who directed (as well as many other films) The Wall, a film featuring all...

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Will Young

This week's model on Portrait Artist Of The Week was Will Young. Look, I'll keep this short.  This is terrible.  I have trouble with well kept...

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