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Drawing eight – lump sanguine

I love lump sanguine. There’s nothing quite like drawing with rock 🙂

Drawing seven

Drawing five

2B Pencil. I always struggle with soft pencil – too soft to be precise but too hard to be expressive (like charcoal)… Good to play with the balance…

Drawings two, three and four

Sticking with the same dried flower head, moving to fine markers. Drawing two is a quick study in 0.3mm marker. Drawing three looks more closely at how the…

28 Drawings Later 2017 – Day One

After a year of throwing paint at canvases in a fairly expressionistic kind of way, I feel like getting back to basics is in order, so for this…

La Mer

After doing Sibelius’ Third as part of the 28 Songs Later series, I decided to try another three-part classical piece, but this time full size in oils. So…

RSA Open

I’ve just submitted Sibelius’ Third to the RSA Open Exhibition. Fingers crossed!  

Cumulo Carcharinus (now Megaptera!)

More work on the new cloud painting, which has got a lot less shark-like and a lot more whale-like, so I’ve changed the name to Cumulo Megaptera. I’ll…

Cumulo Carcharhinus (WIP)

Decided to get a new largeish oil on the go. Something that I can potter at for a while. I’ve revisited one of the paintings I did for…

Songs Twenty-six to Twenty-eight : Sibelius : Symphony No.3

I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious for the big finish, so I worked on these three together. I’ve tried to capture to flow of the…

28 Songs Later : the final three

Those of you who have been watching the 28 Songs Later project unfold (thanks – the response has been great, especially over on Facebook!) may notice a pause for…

Song Twenty-five : The Wound (Marillion)

Song Twenty-five : The Wound (Marillion)   “And the fern is beautiful in it’s own way Uncurling in the dark Beautiful with no one there to see it…

Song Twenty-four : Spectral Mornings (Steve Hackett)

Song Twenty-four : Spectral Mornings (Steve Hackett)   Sort of a request, but one I’d probably do anyway.

Song Twenty-three : Aerodynamic (Daft Punk)

Song Twenty-three : Aerodynamic (Daft Punk) Decided to put black gesso on a couple of boards, see how that turned out. I think this one worked OK.

Song twenty-two : If You Wait (London Grammar)

Song twenty-two : If You Wait (London Grammar)   Another request this one.

Song Twenty-one : Violet Hill (Coldplay)

Song Twenty-one : Violet Hill (Coldplay) A request. This one wasn’t massively successful. There were a lot of water effects which didn’t dry terribly well unfortunately – it…

Song Twenty – Us and Them (Pink Floyd)

Song Twenty – Us and Them (Pink Floyd)

Song Nineteen : Rajaz (Camel)

Song Nineteen : Rajaz (Camel) The first one with distinct lyrical content. The song is about camel trains (rajaz being the word for the songs the riders would…

Song Eighteen : Within Without You (The Beatles)

Song Eighteen : Within Without You (The Beatles) This one got a bit lost and went meh. But the thing with 28 Drawings Later is that you post…

Song Seventeen : Sounds That Can’t Be Made (Marillion)

Day/Song Seventeen : Sounds That Can’t Be Made (Marillion)   Paintings that can’t be photographed more like. Had to do this one as it contains a line that…

Song Sixteen : Where’s the Orchestra? (Billy Joel)

Song Sixteen : Where’s the Orchestra? (Billy Joel)

Song Fifteen : So What? (Miles Davis)

Song Fifteen : So What? (Miles Davis)

Song Fourteen : The Snow Leopard (Shearwater)

Song Fourteen : The Snow Leopard (Shearwater)

Song Thirteen : The Iron Sea (Keane)

Song Thirteen : The Iron Sea (Keane)

Song Twelve : The Mother We Share (Chvrches)

Song Twelve : The Mother We Share (Chvrches)