Here’s another 1920’s inspired mixed media lady. This one, with orange hair and green pearls, gazes back at us and looks somewhat more placid or mild mannered than the Lady…
This ink and coloured pencil painting of a gymnast balancing on a beam has recently taken joint top position on a competition at Fine Arts America. The painting has a…
I’ve recently completed a mixed media piece titled ‘Lady with Blue Curls and Pearls’. And the painting shows exactly that, a young lady with blue dyed hair and a string…
Here are a couple of watercolour caricatures I made the other weekend when I had some time to kill. Actually, watercolour and a bit of coloured pencils, I do like…
It can be hard to gauge the exact amount of paint that’s needed for a painting. Rather than waste any paint that’s left over (oil paint isn’t cheap you know!)…
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….
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…
There was a Roman reenactment at Dover Castle in the first week of August – Clash of the Romans – with two teams taking part in a show of strength…