Just a portrait of a giraffe today, albeit one with a bird attached to its neck. This one was inspired by a holiday photo in Zimbabwe by Derek, an...
6. Recurring Themes/Styles
Bob Weir
July has been too hot for painting. I've made it home from my morning walks and not had the energy to do anything other than read a book. From...
A Trip To The Tate Modern
It's still too hot for me to be painting so I thought I'd keep the blog ticking over with a report on my trip to the Tate Modern yesterday. The...
The Black Hills
I've had twelve paintings up on the wall of the restaurant at the Rose & Crown for a while now. Occasionally the odd one is sold but the owners...
Ned’s Ghost
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...
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...
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...
He Put Down His Load Where He Thought It Was The Best
Today was a day for (i) a watercolour landscape, (ii) some neglected colours to see some action, and (iii) to be inspired by a YouTube video in...
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...
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...
Brickfields, Lower Halstow
It's another plein air soft pastel painting day today. I took the device of a couple of guys I met on my walk today and headed out to Brickfields...