Personal Favourites

Chief Bromden

I don't normally do this but I've done a third marker painting in a day. This is The Chief, played by Will Sampson. He seemed the character most...

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Doctor Zachary Smith

Sometimes I receive messages and I just have to act on them. I had the telly to myself last night and managed to find a 1960 episode of The...

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Billy The Kid

I felt like doing a portrait today. I've been doing a lot of landscapes in an attempt to impress LAOTY judges (newsflash: I've not made it to a pod...

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AnaIv In Artgraf

I only had the energy for a quick painting today, so went for an idea that's been kicking around for a few days. A line drawing using fineliners...

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Damn You All To Hell!

Now this is a landscape that's been on my to do list for a while. It's the closing scene from the original Planet Of The Apes film back in...

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The Earps

After discovering Friday's disaster I wanted to come up with a proper painting of The Earps as quickly as possible. Ā This was finished ar about...

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Towards Warren Cottage

I’ve caught up on my sleep now and can finally complete my three watercolours in three days challenge, two days late. Ā The challenge for the third...

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Ally MacLeod

A grim day today with a power cut in the morning and then no WiFi when the power came back on so I'm grabbing a sneaky coffee in Costa while I...

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The City

After yesterday's experimentation I wanted to use all the lessons from it as quickly as possible, so that's what I've been doing today. I started...

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Lewes Castle

Here's a question for you. Ā Who had a UK number one in the 1979s with D.I.V.O.R.C.E.? Ā Good guess but you're wrong. Ā It was Billy Connolly with a...

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A Clockwork Orange

Another watercolour today. Ā This is based on a publicity shot for A Clockwork Orange, a famous 1971 Stanley Kubrick film. Ā With the white face and...

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Cornelius

Ok so, as I said last time, I asked the spreadsheet on the iPad what to paint next it told me to paint a portrait using the Shire supergranulators...

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The Avengers 1965-67

And here they are together, Steed and Mrs Peel. Ā They go quite brilliantly together and are up for sale as a pair. Ā To see the price, click here.

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Mrs Emma Peel

It was always going to happen. Ā Steed needed a partner. Ā I decided to go for Mrs Peel, a character that was sure to make a great painting. After...

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Fleabag

A lot of my recent watercolour portraits seem to have been painted from a distance, including bodies, hands and things like that. Ā I wanted to go...

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Joe Jordan

Today I have been mostly painting a portrait of Joe Jordan. Ā As he's wearing a Scotland shirt it seemed appropriate to paint this one with three...

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Paul With Markers

I've been out most of the day but came back to see some Facebook banter from old Christ's boy Paul wondering whether he could get me to send him...

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Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil

Time for something new. Ā This has been brewing away in my mind for a couple of weeks and I finally decided to give it a go. Ā It's my first ever...

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Gary Moore

After managing to capture the face that Warren Haynes pulls when he hits a high note, I thought I'd thought I'd try a repeat performance by...

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