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Nuuk Art Museum

It was always going to be another supergranulating day today.  But tundra or shire?  I went for tundra.  The shire set is one that I might be able...

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Denali National Park 2

Still making my way through my pile of new art supplies and today it's a first outing for my Schmincke supergranulating tundra watercolours.  They...

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Hartlip Church Porch

Next I moved position to get a view of the porch at the front of the church.  I went against the advice of Alex Hillkurtz and picked a viewing...

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Another Corner Of Stonehenge

It's June 21, the Summer Solstice, so I'm back to Stonehenge again.  In a lot of ways, this followed a similar process to my previous painting, but...

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Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

After all that fun with whitewashed buildings in my last painting, I wanted to have another go at something similar. After googling for white...

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The Red Lion, Weston

It was looking too hot outside today to venture out painting, so I looked through my files for something I could paint in a shady spot in the...

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Wake Up Kevin!

The second series of Drawers Off started on Channel & this week.  I didn’t watch much of the first series: requiring the artists to all take...

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Thurnham Castle

Today I've been on a day trip to paint Thurnham Castle.  It's a little bit to the North of Maidstone and is just a pair of hills, one of which has...

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Rochester Castle

So, after the flop that was The Wall Of Rochester Castle, I slumped off towards Rochester High Street for coffee at The Dead Cat (*recommended)...

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James Anderson

I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

After such a miserable effort yesterday, I had to go back to the oil pastels today. With the watercolours it's still touch and go whether I can...

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Two Trees, Hartlip House

After a flop with the watercolours, I'm back to the oil pastels again, where everything always seems to go well and I can regain some confidence. ...

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Animal Biscuit Valley, New Zealand

I'm still on the oil pastels but it's a landscape in New Zealand today.  Well kind of.  I've been a bit smart today and left out some rocks that...

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Torres Del Paine National Park

Enough with the naked women, I'm back onto landscapes.  This is three artworks in successive days, which is pretty unusual for me. The subject...

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Sarah Ann

After a few weeks away following the loss of my father, I'm back to the artwork.  And I'm glad I am.  It was great to spend an hour and a half away...

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Rhus’ Back

After all that fun with the markers, I thought I really should get back to doing some proper painting with the inktense pencils.  Today I'm back to...

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My Feet

And here's the last of the Bert Dodson exercise drawings that I'll be sharing.  I think all he asked us to do was to make ourselves comfortable and...

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Doctor Richard Maunder

Second up in the Christ's Maths Fellows 1982-86 collection is Richard Maunder.  This guy was an absolute legend.  He was a pure mathematician, into...

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