I was saddened to hear yesterday about the death of Wayne Larkins, an aggressive English batsman from the 1970s and 1980s. If he'd been playing in...
Other Subject Matter
Hedy Lamarr
Today's painting is a portrait of the actress Hedy Lamarr. I saw a photo of her and the highlights and shadows were just screaming out to be...
The Wrong Kind Of Snow
After all that fun yesterday with the tundra supergranulators, I was ready to give them another go today, with another snowy mountain scene but one...
Just Believe In Me Baby And I’ll Take You Away
After Galen went so well earlier this month, I thought I'd have another go with the Artgraf blocks. This time, though, it's a figure painting. The...
People Driving Home From The Factories
Today was a good day for a long painting after getting out really early to go for my walk before the temperature got too high. And when things did...
Police Chief Clancy O’Hara
My plan today was to give the potters' pink a good workout and, in particular, to use some of the more interesting mixes it makes with some of the ...
Planet Of The Apes (TV Series) Series
These three look pretty good together. We have: Galen, in Artgraf Urko in crystalline watercolour Doctor Zaius in watercolour All...
Doctor Zaius
It was always going to happen. Today's subject is Doctor Zaius from the Planet Of The Apes TV series, played by Booth Colman. After painting Galen...
Urko
A late start today, not been for my walk yet, thinking ahead to the England game and a bit obsessive about not wanting a day away from reading...
Galen
Time for an Artgraf painting today. There's a portrait that I did of Duane Allman two years go today where I wondered whether I should have stopped...
The Cage
Not a long afternoon for me today, so I went for a quick portrait with the crystalline watercolours. The subject today is Susan Oliver playing...
Gravitational Waves
I've done a few patchwork portraits in the past. These are where I come up with a two value plan for a portrait, mask out the whites and then...
Now You Act A Little Colder Like You Don’t Seem To Care
You know what? I've done one posterised landscape and plenty of posterised portraits using the trippy colour scheme but until today had never...
Monsieur Guy Gadbois: Here’s Lurking At Yeu Keed
I was in the mood for a pencil portrait yesterday, so made a start on this one and managed to finish it today. The subject is Peter Sellers as...
Three Ball Charlie
This is my first painting for eleven days. It started off as a break of a few days but then I entered a correspondence chess tournament, started...
This Is Not My Sandwich
I've not done enough portraits lately and thought I'd work my way back in gently with the crystalline watercolours. This is Catherine Tate as the...
Yes, And They Say We’re Gonna Have To Pay What’s Owed
So here's azo orange's debut painting. I went for a triple painting as I wanted to see how the orange would work with the cerulean blue and a...
Paint The Whole World With A Rainbow
It was only a matter of time before I did a posterised painting of the Rainbow crew using the trippy colour scheme. And yesterday Steve on...
BethR Returns
Sometimes I find a book that I can't put down. That happened to me this week, which is why I've been quiet for a few days. But I've finished the...
Oscar Wilde
Back into proper painting action today and it's a watercolour portrait. Someone put up an Oscar Wilde quote the other day on LinkedIn next to a...