This year's Upchurch art exhibition takes place at St Mary's Church between Friday 17th and Sunday 19th November (11am to 4pm, 10 to 4, 10 to 1)...
Posts that are not about paintings
The Wishlist
No time to do any painting today but with an empty thirty minute window going begging, I thought I'd create this post. These are the 24 art books...
Drawing Drapery From Head To Toe, Cliff Young – Book Review
And here's the other book I bought this week. It was while looking around Amazon that iced that I'd never read a book on drawing clothes. All the...
Painting Portraits In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton – Book Review
With the art studio out of bounds while building work is going on, there's not been much painting action going on lately so I thought I'd use 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...
Drawing From Photos, Patrick J. Jones – Book Review
Work still continues on the patio outside and it's possible that I might not be able to access the studio again until it's all over but I did...
Interruptions
No painting going on at the moment as there's a new patio going down. I could get access to the studio if I wanted to but don't fancy painting in...
David Bellamy’s Arctic Light – Book Review
Here's another book review, as promised. David Bellamy's Arctic Light is a reassuringly robust feeling 176–page hardback. And, for the first time...
An FIA No More
Some news that I should probably put up here so that people don't get the wrong idea. I've just resigned my membership of the Institute and...
Painting Trees, Rob and Siân Dudley – Book Review
The latest of my birthday books to be scrutinised is this one by Rob and Siân Dudley. It's about, guess what, painting trees. It's a 176 page...
Drawing & Painting Portraits In Watercolour, David Thomas – Book Review
Another book review and this time it's a foray into the world of watercolour portraits, surely a direction that I'll be travelling at some point in...
Breaking The Rules Of Watercolour, Shirley Trevena – Book Review
Another book review and, for the second time in a row, it's a book that had a different focus to what I was expecting. I did put this book on my...
Hazel Soan’s African Watercolours – Book Review
Time for another book review. This 128–page paperback has been on my wishlist for a good few years, gradually making its way upwards as other...
Charcoal Swatching
My Jackson’s order finally made it through yesterday so I was almost ready to start using the charcoals but first I set out to the shops. I...
Looking For Source Material For Charcoal
I'm still not painting today. I want my next piece of art to be charcoal based after reading the Kate Boucher book. I don't even want to read...
Drawing With Charcoal, Kate Boucher – Book Review
Ok, let's have one more book review. This was the first book. I read after the first batch of birthday presents arrived as I was keen to read any...
Drawing Hands & Feet, Eddie Armer – Book Review
Time for another book review. This is Eddie Armer's book on drawing hands and feet. Because hands and feet let me down so often in my figure...
Birthday Stash 2023
Right. The post has arrived and I'm pretty sure that I won't be getting any more birthday presents for another year, so it's time for me to share...
101 Textures In Colored Pencil. Denise J. Howard – Book Review
It's that time of year when the artwork slows down a bit because I've been through a birthday and have a pile of new books that I'm eager to get...
Upchurch Craft Fair
I have a stand at Upchurch Craft Fair this weekend. It's at St Mary’s Church and is open from 11am to 4pm for three days, Friday to Sunday. I'm...