Before I get back to the paints, some portraits with markers. And after the Rush collection turned out so well, I thought I'd go slightly more...
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The Vulture
Well, I think I set off with the right intentions. I wanted to do another portrait and wanted to take the easy route with a bald gentleman. I...
Annual Self Portrait 2020
I fancied another go with the inktense pencils but, rather than doing another female nude, thought I'd have a go at a self portrait. And,...
Winter Is Coming
I thought I'd have another go at turning an abstract underpainting into something recognisable. This time, though, I made three changes. The...
Skyfall
After a bit of a break from them, I picked up the paints again yesterday. I couldn't decide what to paint is thought I'd start with some random...
Colour And Light: A Guide For The Realistic Painter, James Gurney – Book Review
This might be the last book review for a while as it's the last of the books from my birthday stash. It's the James Gurney book that I've heard so...
Inktober All Year Long, Jake Parker: Book Review
This book has been accused of plagiarising Pen & Ink Drawing by Alphonso Dunn. Just watch this video https://youtu.be/bG3ENcAdWBM and make...
Rob Key
It's been a good summer of test cricket. I was watching it yesterday and suddenly realised that Sky cricket pundit Rob key would make a great...
The Artistic Actuary has a Facebook page
So I now have a Facebook page. If you'd like to see my artwork popping up on your newsfeed, please head to Facebook, search me out and like me....
The Rush Collection
And here's the complete set together. It may even surpass the chess player set that I thought was my opus magnus. It's up for sale. To see the...
Alex Lifeson
And here's Alex Lifeson, the third and final member of Rush. It's not the greatest likeness and the left hand and guitar aren't great but it fits...
Neil Peart
Next up in either the Rush collection or supergroup collection is the late Neil Peart, one of the greatest drummers of all time and an amazing...
Geddy Lee
Time for another set of marker portraits. I've done chess, physics and westerns, so it's time to start on another passion: music. This is Geddy...
The Complete Urban Sketching Companion, Gabriel Campanario, Stephanie Bower & Shari Blaukopf – Book Review
Another book review, only two days after the book was published. This is a 256-page, A5-sized paperback. It's a mashup of four books from the...
Exposure
Headed over the road to the Rose & Crown at Hartlip to order a lunchtime takeaway for tomorrow (GCSE results day). I couldn’t resist taking...
Rhus
And here's another naked female figure. This is Rhus, another model from artmodeltips.com. I took a different approach with this one. This time,...
JenB
I found a great website today. It's artmodel tips.com and is a great source of material for figure drawing. In particular there are lots of naked...
Expressive Figure Drawing, Bill Buchman – Book Review
And it's time for another book review, and again it's a book on figure drawing. After this I really need to do more artwork before reading the two...
Figure Drawing For Artists: Making Every Mark Count, Steve Huston – Book Review
Time for another book review. This is 192 pages long, and is flexibound, meaning it’s a paperback but with a cover that's bent inwards along the...
Headless Amy
So I had another go at Amy, this time without a head. I started from one of the one-minute sketches I did earlier as it looked so energetic and as...