This was based on a photo of the Aurora Borealis where the lights were all in green. I didn't manage to get the greens right and the sky looks...
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First Gesso
Today's painting follows hot on the heels of yesterday's, mainly because I spread a load of gesso on a watercolour sheet to dry overnight. It's my...
SIAS Newsletter November 2018
And here's another one. This is called SIAS Newsletter November 2018 after the email that included the stock photo this was based on. It's getting...
Flowers In Alexandria
My first attempt at an impressionistic flower after reading that Jean Haines book and I think it’s a decent start. I could still be looser - the...
My Darling Clementine
Back to a favourite theme and it's another Ditko/Western mashup. It's based on an iconic Wyatt Earp pose in My Darling Clementine (1946), leaning...
New books
I've got some new books to be making my way through over the next few weeks. Maybe some early signs of what to expect in 2019.
Derek’s Dinner
The 2019 collection has started early! This one's called Derek's Dinner after I got the idea from a friend who posted a picture of some sort of...
The Palette
At some point, every artist with a blog needs to disclose what paints he has in his palette. Artists like to read articles like this just for the...
It Started As The Helix Nebula
22 August 2018 I was still left with one empty picture frame and was wondering what to do with it. Then I had a great idea. I was going to pay a...
The End Of Summer Poll
By the end of the Summer I'd ended up with 15 paintings that I was proud enough of to frame. I was starting to think about selling them later in...
Jesse James
15 August 2018 Here's a companion piece to go with The Searchers. It's based on a scene from The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert...
The Searchers
1 August 2018 Looking at feedback so far, people seemed to like paintings of outer space or Westerns or paintings with people in them. So I...
Ugly Forest Path
30 July 2018 This was based on a picture on a birthday card. It was a good choice of subject material. But, as you can see, the execution was...
Down T’Mill
16 July 2018 After Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog got such a great reception on Facebook I thought I'd have another go at...
The Magic Purple Tree Only Appears At Sunset
8 July 2018 This one was created on the same day as the Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog. This time I definitely remember doing...
Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog
8 July 2018 This one is based on a stock photo that somebody had used to head up an article on LinkedIn. The original picture had somebody riding...
Random Nebula
2 July 2018 Oh, this was a really good one. It started out based on one particular nebula (I can't remember which one - sorry) but ended up...
Abstract
29 June 2018 And now a genuine abstract. What can I say about this one? I separated the paper out into sections using masking tape. It made the...
Angel Of The North Under Four Different Skies
26 June 2018 I think the idea for this came from a YouTube video. I watched somebody do four paintings of the same scene at four different times...
Hadrian’s Wall
25 June 2018 I'd had some feedback that I was good at painting trees, so thought I'd better look for a good tree to paint. A bit of googling of...