It's been a long journey but we've finally made it to Apollo 17, at the time of writing the last manned mission to the moon. Gene Cernan was...
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Ken Mattingly
The next member of the club is Ken Mattingly, CMP of Apollo 16. His crew mates were Commander John Young and LMP Charles Duke. It was John's second...
Alfred Worden
Second one today and number ten in the collection is Alfred Worden, CMP of Apollo 15. David Scott was commander of this mission and James Irwin the...
Stuart Roosa
After a day off while waiting for some new markers to arrive, it's back to work. This is Stuart Roosa, CMP of Apollo 14. He stayed in orbit while...
Fred Haise
Number eight in the collection is Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot in Apollo 13. The plan was for Fred to be the sixth man on the moon and to not be...
Jack Swigert
Number 7 in the collection is Jack Swigert. Command Module Pilot in the ill fated but miraculous Apollo13. Jack's second colour is a grey, cool...
Richard Gordon Junior
Before I say anything else, the mystery has been solved. Someone on LinkedIn worked out that the twelve subjects in this collection are the twelve...
Michael Collins
Number five in the collection and things are starting to get interesting because we've reached Apollo 11. This is Michael Collins, the Command...
Thomas Stafford
Fourth in the series is Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10. I'm doing these portraits in order of their Apollo missions and in Commander then...
William Anders
Third up in the latest collection is William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot in Apollo 8. I guess he must have spent a lot of time making the tea as the...
Jim Lovell
Next up is Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) in Apollo 8 and, more famously, Commander of Apollo 13, the famously aborted moon landing mission...
Frank Borman
And so it begins. It's time for another marker portrait collection. It's the biggest so far with twelve portraits. It's a collection that's been...
Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Today's portrait subject is Harry Mudd, an interstellar conman, okayed by Roger C. Carmel in two episodes of Star Trek TOS. I went for the trippy...
Landscape Artist Of The Year Submissions
I got an email from Cast It Reach yesterday telling me that, while the closing date for LAOTY submissions is still 23 March, the judges will start...
The Batphone
Another posterised portrait. This is Adam West and Burt Ward playing Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson in the 1960s Batman TV series. I deliberately...
From All Of These Signs Saying “Sorry But We’re Closed”
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly was on the telly the other day. It's one long gallery of painting ideas but the shot that sprang out at me this time...
Peter Wyngarde
Time for another posterised watercolour portrait in an attempt to impress the PAOTY judges. This is the late actor Peter Wyngarde who specialised...
NadiaR
I thought I'd just chill out today with an inktense figure painting rather than focusing on impressing Artist Of The Year judges. Today's subject...
(Buckingham Nicks Era) Fleetwood Mac
Of course one good reason for painting John McVie is that I now have completed Buckingham-Nicks era Fleetwood Mac lineup. I'm still a Danny Kirwan...
John McVie
I’m still looking to come up with stuff in the same style as my Artist Of The Year submissions and that will hopefully impress any visiting judges....