“Joliet” Jake Blues

OK, the secret's out. After finding Blues Brothers on some satellite channel late at night twice last week, I had to get the band back together....

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Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin

Nearly there now. My horn section won't be complete without a trumpeter, so I'm looking to recruit this guy. Unfortunately Alan has a nicely...

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Willie “Too Big” Hall

What about a drummer? Every band needs a drummer. And I have Willie "Too Big" Hall. It was a tough choice beteween amethyst and a cool grey for my...

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Tom “Bones” Malone

Continuing with filling out the horn section, we have Tom "Bones" Malone on the trombone. Tom came out OK and the collection is starting to come...

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“Blue Lou” Marini

And here's number five in the collection. Time to build a horn section, starting with "Blue Lou" Marini in saxophone. This feels like the best...

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Matt “Guitar” Murphy

Iā€™m still putting the band together and it's another guitarist today. The next page Journal had a red mark somewhere in the middle, so I looked at...

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Donald “Duck” Dunn

It's getting dark earlier but it was still light enough for me to have the energy for a second portrait today. I do need to start getting up and...

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Murphy Dunne

The next one on this set of ten market portraits is Murphy Dunne. Because I need someone on keyboards. The likeness isn't perfect but he looks...

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Steve “The Colonel” Cropper

I saw something on the telly late at night last week. And then it was on again the following night so I watched it again. I sat there frustrated...

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Joker

Joker is one of those films, like Jaws or Blues Brothers, that, while not being in my all time top ten, draws me in if I find it on an obscure...

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Phil Lesh

I do enjoy listening to the Grateful Dead while painting. And their music comes through in my artwork while they're playing. I loosen up and I...

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The M2

It's another soft pastel landscape today. After yesterday's success, I thought I'd have another go while my head was still buzzing with Robert...

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Islay Beach Cottage

After reading the Robert Brindley book, I was itching to get started on a new soft pastel painting. I picked out a view of a cottage for rent on...

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Gary Delaney

Iā€™ve painted quite a comedians this year. And in each case it was the face that drew me in. Comedians tend to have faces that make great portrait...

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EvaE In Blue And Brown

Yeh, so today I did two paintings in parallel. After deciding to paint EvaE in red and green because of the interesting way those colours mixed, I...

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EvaE In Red And Green

It's been a while since I used the Artgraf Blicks, so I thought I'd give them a go today. Looking at some recent swatches, I was drawn towards the...

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Untitled Basic Track

The nights are fair drawin' in and the days are getting colder. I thought it was cold enough today to dig out the oil pastels again. I've not used...

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Jimmy Carr

Ever since I used dot cards to come up with patchwork portraits of Salvador Dali, Roger Waters and Sir Geoff Hurst, I've been thinking about doing...

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