The Illustration Friday word is ‘Dice’ and I decided it would be fun to illustrate the common phrase with its double meaning. I had a sample of Canson Heritage 640gsm…
It’s been a very long time since I last did a virtual paintout and when I checked out the virtual paintout site he, Bill Guffey, seems to have stopped running…
The Wetcanvas Acrylics forum had their usual monthly painting task, the Different Strokes Challenge. This month it was a still life which we had to set up ourselves and for…
Just a quick mention of a portrait I painted recently. It’s of a young woman in a green turtleneck jumper the neck of which is pulled up over her mouth….
Here’s another casein painting for Christmas. This is actually a reworking of an acrylic painting I did a few years ago. The painting is of a Christmas tree angel holding…
I finally managed to finish a Christmas painting last week, it seemed to take for ever to do. Actually I did two. The first, the main one at the top…
Should ballerinas be slender and svelte? Well these ones aren’t and they look nice and elegant to me! I had a trial pack of Stonehenge Aqua watercolour paper lying about…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had to send a letter to the EU asking for an extension so it no longer looks like Brexit will happen on the 31st of…
I’ve only ever subscribed to one glossy magazine in my life. For about 8 years, up until 2013, I received the digital painting magazine ImagineFX. I love that magazine and…
Those skeleton oil paintings are finished now and hanging quite nicely in my study/spare room/studio. There wasn’t actually that much more to do, just a little tidying up and a…