A lot of my recent watercolour portraits seem to have been painted from a distance, including bodies, hands and things like that. I wanted to go...
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The Man That Mildred Married
After a day off I was back today with the oil pastels. For a subject I picked out comedy actor Brian Murphy. As usual I put down a pencil outline...
Testing Coloured Pencil Solvent On Neil McCarthy
It's been a day for experimentation today. After reading the Alyona Nickelsen book, I thought I really should give solvents a go with coloured...
The Dragons Den Collection
And here it is: the complete collection of dragons. As expected, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. These look great and the...
Aaaaagggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Don't tell me that you didn't see this one coming. On this week's Dragons Den there will be a sixth dragon and six is a much better number for a...
Are You On TikTok?
And here's the fifth dragon in the den, Steven Bartlett. He's been given the flesh colour scheme, with the layers being putty, then soft peach,...
Reyt Oop My Street
The next dragon on the seat is Sara Davies. For a first layer I used bright orange, then henna, then cool grey 5. I was looking for an...
Touker Time!
Today's dragon is Touker Suleyman, a big favourite of mine. He's been given the grey colour scheme with cold grey 1, cold grey 4 and black. The...
And That’s Why I’m Going To Make You An Offer
Next up is Peter Jones. I went for a blue colour scheme to match his whistle: blue pearl, then sky blue, then indigo blue. The sky blue died...
Meanwhile Deborah Meaden Has Some Questions About The Company’s Green Credentials
It was only a matter of time before I had a go at three layer portraits with computer assistance using markers. I've identified six triplets of...
Ross Kemp: Go With Your Gut
Since Pigpen went so well, I’ve been wondering whether I could fit a triple triple glazed portrait into the four hours that artists are allowed in...
Portrait Artist Of The Year 2024 Entry
I've entered for Portrait Artist Of The Year again but this year I'm going for it as a watercolourist. I've included these three paintings in my...
The Corbomite Manouver Collection
And here they are, all together. Spock, Kirk and Scotty. None of them brilliant individual paintings but as a set of three I think they look...
First Officer Spock
I know I said I might not end up completing the Corbomite Manouver Collection but after putting Kirk and Scotty alongside each other I could see...
Captain James Tiberius Kirk
Today I had a go at the second in The Corbomite Manouver collection. Today it's Captain Kirk, painted using the Shire supergranulators, befitting...
Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
Sometimes great ideas come into my head on my daily walks. Today was one of those days. Earlier this year I put together The Good The Bad and the...
Derwent Art Prize 2024
I've no idea how things will turn out but I've entered these two bad boys for the Derwent Art Prize 2024. Entries have to be in pencil but that...
The Dads Army Collection
And here it is completed: The Dads Army Collection. From left to right, top to bottom: – Captain Mainwaring – Wilson – Jonesy – Godfrey and Pike –...
Captain George Mainwaring
And finally here's the last portrait in the collection, Captain George Mainwaring, played by Arthur Lowe. Along with Walker, one of my two...
Sergeant Arthur Wilson II
I've had a second go at Wilson today. After painting Wilson and Walker the first time around I think my portraitist skills (or was it just my...