Category: Other Subject Matter

Wake Up Kevin!

The second series of Drawers Off started on Channel & this week.  I didn’t watch much of the first series: requiring the artists to all take...

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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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EvaE Again

A day off today.  Or a day off from watercolour anyway.  There's something about using inktense pencils that makes painting less tiring than using...

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Jenni With Her Foot On A Box

This is Jenni's fourth appearance as a model on this blog.  She does some great power poses but I've not yet managed to do her justice.  Let's see...

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Force Of Life

So here's my second painting of the day.  Again, this was all about having fun rather than creating a masterpiece.  My idea on this one was to...

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Daniella

I would have been back on the watercolour today but there were various things breaking up my day and watercolour requires a bit of focus so I...

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Raven S

I was in the mood for drawing today and if I've learned anything over the last couple of months, being in (or not in) the mood makes a big...

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Shaun Wallace, The Dark Destroyer

In yesterday's Bob Willis portrait, I felt a bit frustrated at how difficult it was to get a likeness using oil pastels when the face was so small....

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Bob Willis

Look, I'll make this quick today.  I was in the mood to draw a portrait and decided to go for an oil pastel of the late Bob Willis.  I started...

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Katya’s Back

It's been five days since the last painting as I've not quite felt in the right mood and I know from experience that if I'm not in the right move...

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James Anderson

I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...

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Candace

I'm on the watercolours again today.  In an attempt to find some form, I'm going for a colourful bit of figure drawing as that normally works out...

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Once Upon A Time In The West Again

Time for a watercolour again and today was looking like a good day to be painting in the garden.  After yesterday's success with a Western and the...

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

After such a miserable effort yesterday, I had to go back to the oil pastels today. With the watercolours it's still touch and go whether I can...

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BronwynS

So here's today's second effort.  A debut for BronwynS.  I won't spend too long writing this one up.  It doesn't deserve the time. I stared trying...

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The Return Of Jazmine

I'm doing two figure drawings today.  I bought a new cartridge pad the other week for my inktense drawings and started filling it out.  But then a...

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Rory Burns

I noticed the other day that I'd still not used my black oil pastel.  With watercolours, black's a pretty boring colour and a bad mixer.  I can...

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Annual Self Portrait 2022

It's time for the annual self portrait and after two years of inktense pencils, this year's portrait is in oil pastels.  I have a long way to go...

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KylieB Sitting On A Box

Back to the figure drawing with the inktense pencils today.  I've been doing a lot of these during 2022 and I expect people are getting bored with...

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