Category: Sold!

Hartlip War Memorial

It's been a while since I last went on a dash & splash so I thought I'd give it a go today. How this works is that I head outside and do some...

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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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Lewes Castle

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

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New Court In Fineliner And Artgraf

I was hunting around on YouTube the other day for demonstrations of people using Artgraf blocks.  What I really wanted to see was people drawing...

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Ellie’s Spot

I've done another painting of Queendown Warren today.  This isa bench that I walk past pretty well every day.  If it's been raining a lot, I go for...

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Free Horse Manure

I took my phone out with me today on my daily four mile walk through Queendown Warren, hoping to find some good subject matter after feeling a jot...

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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 –...

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Number Eighteen

I was approached a week or two ago by a guy on the village who said he'd be interested in buying a painting of his house if I ever did one.  I...

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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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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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The End Of The Footpath

I took the dog out for a walk this morning and found this prefect site for a painting.  It’s at the end of a footpath from the Lower Hartlip Road....

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The Allotment

Out and about again today.  I thought I'd have a go with the oil pastels.  I've not painted plein air with them before and wanted to have a go,...

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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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Number Two

Remember Hartlip Church In The Snow from a month or so ago?  I gave it to Barbara next door as an 80th birthday present.  Well, her daughter pulled...

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Hartlip Church In The Sun

It's the 29th of August already!  The local church has another tea and cake afternoon on 12th September and I promised them I'd have another...

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Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Having learned my lessons, here's my second attempt of the day.  There are only three colours in the whole painting.  Payne's grey and light red...

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