So after that last painting I followed a footpath that I'm sure didn't exist back in my day into Fenn Ditton to grab a lunchtime pint at The...
6. Recurring Themes/Styles
The Long Reach, Cambridge
So today I headed out to the river to do some painting. Not being allowed to paint inside colleges and having my building draftmanship confidence...
Looking In From Christ’s Pieces
For reasons (d) other I'm in Cambridge for a couple of days and brought most of my gear with me to do some painting. I forgot the kitchen roll and...
RIP Jazzy John Romita Snr, 1930–2023
Jerry Garcia And Bob Weir, Copenhagen 1972
With all this coloured pencil jamming I've been doing lately, I've been playing a lot of Grateful Dead. YouTube has obviously gotten wind of this,...
Church Of San Pedro De Atacama, Chile
Another watercolour today. Here was my line of thinking: - lots of recent paintings have been in the key of orange cool: Duane Allman, I Can Read...
A Moment At Stonehenge
It was supposed to be the start of the big heatwave today but for most if the day it's been exactly the opposite. For the first time since I had...
Duane Allman
I've been tearing through the artwork this week and thought I'd take a break, so spent most of the day out in the studio catching up on the novel...
I Can Read Your Mind
So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio. Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...
Looking At You
So here it is. I've finally gotten around to using the second of the shelves I helped myself to when the in laws threw out that old fridge. The...
Stirling Castle
I was flicking through the Tony Smibert book this morning looking for inspiration for two forthcoming eye on the other side of the glass paintings....
Hever Castle
With the whole day available for painting today, I've finally completed a watercolour in the studio. Without wanting to take much time planning, I...
Rejection
The news just came through. After not making it to Portrait Artist Of The Year or into a pod on Landscape Artist Of The Year, I've completed the...
Jerry Garcia
I had a chance to do some painting today, so thought I'd better take it. This was painted in the garden, but the original drawing went down at my...
Landscape Artist Of The Year Dates
Work continues on the art studio. An electrician is out there at the moment, sorting the fuse box, light switches, mains sockets and internal and...
An England XI
So now I have a complete England XI. Properly balanced too: two opening batsmen, a wicket keeper and a five man bowling attack that includes two...
Mike Brearley
Another cricket portrait has been long overdue and I've finally come up with one. I wanted my cricket portraits to make up a balanced England XI...
Zaza II
So, as promised yesterday, I had another go at painting Zaza using the Artgraf colours. I've used exactly the same pose but have made a change to...
Zaza
I'm back on the Artgraf paints today for a number of reasons. It's pouring with rain outside for a start. And I'm a little bit distracted by the...
Pulp Fiction
I have a day's respite today from preparing for the art studio and thought I'd better dust off some cobwebs and get back to my artwork. After...