Back to the Magnificent Seven and it's Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. I really struggled to get. a likeness, so thought I'd have some fun with...
Other Subject Matter
Noel Fielding
When I heard in Friday that Noel Fielding was going to be this week's model for Portrait Artist Of The Week, I knew I had to have a go. Not...
Robert Vaughn
I take it back. It's Robert Vaughn, not Steve McQueen that's hardest to draw. I did a lot of drawing and rubbing out before ending with this...
Charles Bronson
I was late out of bed this morning and it looked a bit too hot outside so I'm back to drawing with markers this morning. I'm back to the...
Brad Dexter
Back for one more of The Magnificent Seven before I put the markers away for another week. Number two in the collection is Brad Dexter who played...
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...
James Coburn
Back to the markers and it's time to start on a new series of portraits. I've done a series of chess players and a series of quantum physicists....
Judge Rindler
My latest entry for Sky Portrait Artist Of The Week is "Judge" Rob Rindler. He's the first celebrity model that I've heard of so far. I've not...
BBC Life Drawing Live
I've been watching Life Drawing tonight on BBC4. Unlike Sky Portrait Artist of The Week, this is really fast paced. I've ended up with four...
Rankin
. It’s portrait artist of the week again. This week it's John Rankin Waddell, aka Rankin, famous portrait and fashion photographer and director....
Goldfinch On Cheese
I've saved the best until last, and here it is. Goldfinch On Cheese. It's quite a normal landscape compared to the other two paintings but it's...
We’re Going To The Zoo Zoo Zoo
And here's my second of the day. The big mistake I made on this one was to paint over everything with watercolour ground. It ruined the sky...
It’s Quiet Out There…Too Quiet
So, as I said, I've been cutting up failed paintings And reassembling the best bits into new works of art. I've cone up with three new works. ...
Statistical Physicists
And here are the four of them together. Back in my uni days, Statistical Physics was the course that came up trumps for me in every paper of my...
Albert Einstein
Back to the physicists and I think everybody should recognise this guy. While I think I've got the likeness (for once) I've messed up in other...
Satyendra Nath Bose
The latest physicist in the series. This is Satyendra Nath Bose. The man who bosons are named after. And I guess a few sets of headphones too. ...
Bernardine Evaristo
I had my first go at Sky Portrait Artist Of The Week today. Award winning author Bernardine Evaristo has been sat there on a Facebook feed while...
Paul Dirac
I'm on a roll. Where there's a Fermi, there has to be a Dirac. Unfortunately this one isn't as good. I had some trouble with Dirac's left eye...
Enrico Fermi
It's time to start a new series of portraits. As I felt good about drawing all those chess players, I'm going to go for another intelligent bunch...
Bubble Horse Horse Bubble
It's a bank holiday, the sun's out and I'm back on the watercolours for the first time in months. I've been pining for orange over the last couple...