2025 Birthday Stash: Oil Pastels

It's that time of year again. And today I was delighted to receive this set of 125 Sennelier oil pastels, a big numerical upgrade on my existing...

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The Duchess

Today's subject is The Duchess, vocalist in the band Space Elevator. I picked a source photo in which she was wearing a stripy top as these tend...

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Little Wing

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...

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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...

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A Trip To The Tate Modern

It's still too hot for me to be painting so I thought I'd keep the blog ticking over with a report on my trip to the Tate Modern yesterday. The...

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Recognition II

Gary Delaney has spotted his portrait and has some nice things to say.

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One Rainy Wish

July is looking like a slow month. There's just too much sun at the moment; I get back from my morning walk and I'm to trashed to paint. This is...

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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 owners...

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Ned’s Ghost

I was saddened to hear yesterday about the death of Wayne Larkins, an aggressive English batsman from the 1970s and 1980s. If he'd been playing in...

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Hedy Lamarr

Today's painting is a portrait of the actress Hedy Lamarr. I saw a photo of her and the highlights and shadows were just screaming out to be...

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The Wrong Kind Of Snow

After all that fun yesterday with the tundra supergranulators, I was ready to give them another go today, with another snowy mountain scene but one...

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Built A Cabin And A Winter Store

In an attempt to tick off another line from Telegraph Road, I was Googling cabins in Greenland and came across a photo of a couple of cabins (or...

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New! Random Slideshows

I was in one of those moods today and I ended up spending a few hours creating some pages on the website where people can see random slideshows...

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Let Not The Sun

After finishing the Carrie McKenzie book, I thought I'd better have a go at a landscape using the crystalline watercolour. I picked a view along...

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He Made A Home In The Wilderness

It's back to landscapes and to soft pastels today. This is neither WW2 pillbox, this time on the Wales Coast Path in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. So...

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