A Still Life Chair The still life chair that comes to mind most often has to be the Van Gogh Chair. I was certainly reminded of the famous painting as…
Greenwich Park. 180 odd acres of trees, lawns and verdant delights in the urban setting that is South East London. A Cool Morning One Early September On a bright morning…
Wetcanvas have a weekend drawing event, the WDE. Participants choose a photograph, from a provided selection, that they paint or draw in their choice of medium. They then show the…
Back in November I finally got round to setting up a Twitter Account and had the idea to do a sketch or painting of The Early Bird That Catches The…
Here’s a casein painting of a Red Panda for Illustration Friday. I have to admit that it is not an animal I’m familiar with and, until yesterday, I wouldn’t have…
Liquorice? (Or licorice if you’re American), is the root of the herbal plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. A sweet tasting extract can be obtained from this root and has been for millennia,…
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…
Here’s another recent casein piece. I actually finished this just before the Roman soldier but I wanted that up on the Illustration Friday site asap so wrote its blog post…