I've had a day out at Rochester Castle today. I had plans to head out Eastwards but the M2 is apparently closed in that direction, so I took on...
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Drawing Practice And Inktense Experimentation
It's wet and horrible outside so I won't be doing any watercolour today. Instead I thought I'd practice my drawing and experiment a bit with the...
EvaE Again
A day off today. Or a day off from watercolour anyway. There's something about using inktense pencils that makes painting less tiring than using...
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....
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,...
The Smell Of Seaweed
I've been out and about for the first time this year. I drove over to the Riverside Country Park in Gillingham and stride up and down the causeway...
An Arrogant Intrusion
I was watching an interesting video by Liron Yanconsky on YouTube the other day in which he painted a church in monochrome without putting down a...
Jenni With Her Foot On A Box
This is Jenni's fourth appearance as a model on this blog. She does some great power poses but I've not yet managed to do her justice. Let's see...
Force Of Life
So here's my second painting of the day. Again, this was all about having fun rather than creating a masterpiece. My idea on this one was to...
All Along The Watchtower
Let's start off with the important news. I've been rejected by Landscape Artist Of The Year 2023, so won't be in a pod. But I'll be applying for...
Contemporary Figures In Watercolour: Leo Crane & Joseph Butler – Book Review
This is a really good looking book. It's 128 pages long and not just a hard app back but a hardback where all the words on the cover have been...
Christ’s College Hall From Second Court
The artwork's slowed down this week as I've not quite been tickety. But I was feeling well enough to do something quick today, so I went for a...
Daniella
I would have been back on the watercolour today but there were various things breaking up my day and watercolour requires a bit of focus so I...
Raven S
I was in the mood for drawing today and if I've learned anything over the last couple of months, being in (or not in) the mood makes a big...
Inktense Purple Mix Testing
As I explain in the next post, I wanted to test out what sort of purples I could get from mixing the reds and blues in my inktense pencils. Here's...
L Staircase, Christ’s College
For my first watercolour in 26 days (!) I'm back to Christ's College again. This is the entry to L staircase, a part of the college I'm very...
Tree In Christ’s Fellows’ Garden
It's been 13 days since my last painting. I've just not been in the mood. But today I'm back. I thought I'd go for the oil pastels as a gentle...
Shaun Wallace, The Dark Destroyer
In yesterday's Bob Willis portrait, I felt a bit frustrated at how difficult it was to get a likeness using oil pastels when the face was so small....
Bob Willis
Look, I'll make this quick today. I was in the mood to draw a portrait and decided to go for an oil pastel of the late Bob Willis. I started...
Katya’s Back
It's been five days since the last painting as I've not quite felt in the right mood and I know from experience that if I'm not in the right move...