Monthly Archives: January 2013

Well I thought whilst I’m away I’d try my hand at some landscapes or cityscapes or similar. Big mistake. Every time I try to make anything in these genres I quickly realise that I have no interest in them at all. I think this is because I have spe… Continue reading →

Now this is going to read like some snotty Brit whinging about American TV and I guess there is some truth in that but here goes anyway… American TV is rubbish. If it is not for the erectile dysfunction or test yourself for HIV adverts it is jus… Continue reading →

I bought some cheap water colour pencils yesterday with the intention of taking them away with me…when will I ever learn that you get what you pay for?!? Anyway, I thought I’d try them out on some familiar characters that might pop up on my holi… Continue reading →

After spending the best part of a week trying hard to make something that was almost a “classic’ style digital painting I felt like this morning just letting my hair down, if I had any to do that but that is a whole different story, and just produ… Continue reading →

Day four and I think I’ve almost done. The final question to be answered is what to do with the background? Should I leave it black or perhaps try and create something from Florence or Rome? I suspect neither but I’ll wait on this a while and see … Continue reading →

I know this is sounding a bit purvey but its not, well I don’t think it is. I have spent the last 3 days working on the painting of Michelangelo’s David and today I have been fine tuning the details. To do this I have had to examine the sculpture,… Continue reading →

Well what an experience. I’m not going to go thorough all the great things about this production. Instead there are just three points I would like to make:Anne Hathaway was simply outstanding – without her raw and powerful performance the whole fi… Continue reading →

The more I work on the David painting the more I appreciate the devine genius of Michelangelo. I know he was part of the revival of classic sculpture and there may well have been classical sculptors with his talent but that just doesn’t take away … Continue reading →

Well after about 4 hours work I have decided to call it a day. I have just about exhausted my artistic powers, such as they are, for one day. David is slowly coming together and I have to say it is shaping up really well. Of course I’m now facing … Continue reading →

Well this is perhaps the most ambitious painting I have ever tried – no strike that it is. This is a painting about perfection in almost every sense, the subject is perfection produced by a devine and so I have to rise to the challenge – not much … Continue reading →