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...
All Posterised Paintings
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Eastfields
It's a week today to the 80th anniversary VE Day and our village will be having a celebratory party this Sunday. A local guy, Kevin, will be...
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...
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...
Sean Connery
I’ve been feeling pretty grot this week and I know from experience that if I paint when I don't feel like painting I'm not going to come up with...
Dawn-Marie x3
I was in the mood for an Inktense pencil figure painting today. I looked around for a good model and pose and found Dawn-Marie, a model I've not...
Great Gig In The Sky: David Gilmour
I was watching a bit of YouTube over breakfast this week and came across a review of Great Gig In The Sky from the Pink Floyd Pulse concert and it...
Spectre Of The Gun
The idea for this one came to me last night. I was googling around, looking at reviews of some forthcoming Star Trek episodes and found this still...
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
After two days off I needed to get back to painting today but didn't have much time available, so went for the Inktense pencils, with no long...
Debbie Harry
Starting to feel like I’m back in the swing of things again after this one, my first three layer posterised watercolour portrait in three weeks. ...
The Enterprise Crew
And here's the complete collection. Lined up in Sudoku formation with one red, one blue and one green/yellow shirt in each column and in each...
Chekov
And finally, completing the set we have Mr Chekov, played by Walter Koenig. I can tell it¡s him; there's a chubby, baby-faced quality to him. But...