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  • Jul 29, 2026

    Why I Take My Own Reference Photos

  • Feb 22, 2026

    Fox Cubs in the Garden

  • Feb 15, 2026

    Why I Paint on Ampersand Gessobord Panels

  • Dec 27, 2025

    5 Studio Tips I Wish I’d Known When I Started Oil Painting

  • Dec 15, 2025

    How to Frame a Painting on a Panel

  • Jun 11, 2025

    Birding and Painting

  • Oct 29, 2021

    Further adventures in watercolour and ink

  • Sep 19, 2021

    Daily pen and ink sketching

  • Jun 5, 2021

    The Life-changing Magic of Cross-polarization

  • Mar 20, 2021

    Monochromatic Ear Cast Painting Timelapse

  • Mar 10, 2021

    Painting with the Zorn Palette

  • Jan 21, 2021

    Some recent paintings

  • Oct 11, 2020

    Alla Prima Portrait Study in oils (timelapse)

  • Oct 7, 2020

    Monkey Island: The Treasure

  • Oct 2, 2020

    Alla Prima Head Study Timelapse

  • Sep 29, 2020

    Monkey Island: The Idol

  • Sep 21, 2020

    Monkey Island: The Duel

  • Jul 18, 2020

    Self Portrait at 40

  • May 23, 2020

    Paulette Edwards for Art in the Gardens 2019

  • May 5, 2020

    Wim Hof Portrait Raffle for Masks for NHS Heroes

  • Mar 21, 2020

    Male portrait sketch in Procreate on iPad

  • Mar 19, 2020

    Portrait sketch in Procreate

  • Mar 12, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Adam Clague

  • Mar 7, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Richard Robinson

  • Mar 3, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Chris Legaspi

  • Feb 22, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Jason Seiler

  • Feb 17, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Sean Cheetham

  • Feb 9, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Stan Prokopenko

  • Feb 1, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: David Jamieson

  • Jan 25, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Carol Marine

  • Jan 18, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Richard Schmid

  • Jan 11, 2020

    Teachers of a Self-Guided Artist: Jonathan Hardesty

  • Jan 6, 2020

    The Self-Taught Myth

  • Dec 3, 2019

    Studio Clearance Sale

  • Oct 31, 2019

    Sean Cheetham Workshop at Menorca Pulsar

  • Jul 15, 2019

    Painting again, and Studio Clearance

  • Aug 26, 2018

    100 Heads Later

  • Nov 26, 2017

    Some recent sketches

  • Feb 12, 2017

    How to Get Good at Drawing

  • Aug 7, 2016

    The art of the Selfie

  • Jul 29, 2016

    Getting to Grips with Charcoal

  • Jan 17, 2016

    A few more graphite drawings

  • Dec 20, 2015

    Learning to Draw (again)

  • Sep 13, 2015

    Continuous Learning (continued!)

  • Sep 7, 2015

    My Strange Cyclical Painting Habit

  • Jul 15, 2015

    The Half-life of the Artist’s Curse

  • Jun 17, 2015

    Continuous Learning

  • May 24, 2015

    Step by Step Dog Portrait in Oils

  • May 17, 2015

    Another 10 Things You Can Do to Get Your Art Noticed

  • May 14, 2015

    How to Paint a Portrait – step by step

  • May 11, 2015

    Why I’m Freeing My Artwork

  • May 11, 2015

    Loosening Up

  • May 1, 2015

    How to Match Colours With Oil Paints (Video)

  • Apr 30, 2015

    Paddling 2

  • Apr 29, 2015

    5 Painting Rules You Should Break

  • Apr 28, 2015

    Capoeiristas

  • Apr 27, 2015

    Don’t Let Criticism Get You Down

  • Apr 23, 2015

    Foraging

  • Apr 20, 2015

    Cat Nap

  • Apr 18, 2015

    Feed the Birds

  • Apr 14, 2015

    Sunset at Frognerseteren

  • Apr 10, 2015

    Paddling

  • Apr 8, 2015

    6 Things I’ve Learnt From Daily Painting

  • Apr 3, 2015

    Snack Time

  • Mar 30, 2015

    The Distant Falcon

  • Mar 27, 2015

    The Falcon

  • Mar 26, 2015

    How to Find Painting Reference Photos Without Breaking the Law

  • Mar 25, 2015

    Kingfisher

  • Mar 24, 2015

    Tree Frog

  • Mar 23, 2015

    Giraffe

  • Mar 19, 2015

    Own an Original

  • Mar 9, 2015

    What it means to be a ‘self-taught’ artist

  • Feb 17, 2015

    Finishing Touches

  • Feb 9, 2015

    More recent paintings

  • Jan 26, 2015

    Don’t wait until you’re ready

  • Jan 22, 2015

    Paint like a millionaire

  • Jan 20, 2015

    Getting my fruit on!

  • Jan 15, 2015

    Experimenting with water-soluble oil paints

  • Jan 12, 2015

    Using a grid system to transfer a drawing to your canvas

  • Jan 8, 2015

    Marooned – Self Critique

  • Jan 5, 2015

    Revisiting failed painting attempts

  • Dec 31, 2014

    Last paintings of 2014

  • Dec 24, 2014

    Looking back on the daily blogging challenge

  • Dec 23, 2014

    Landscape step by step – Refinements and finishing touches

  • Dec 22, 2014

    Landscape step by step – blocking in

  • Dec 21, 2014

    Landscape step by step – the sketch

  • Dec 20, 2014

    Landscape step by step – preparation

  • Dec 19, 2014

    Setting painting goals

  • Dec 18, 2014

    Tips on painting from photos

  • Dec 17, 2014

    How to mix greys

  • Dec 16, 2014

    To mix or not to mix?

  • Dec 15, 2014

    The benefits of joining an art community

  • Dec 14, 2014

    Final Painting – Finishing off

  • Dec 13, 2014

    The pros and cons of painting from photos

  • Dec 12, 2014

    Why people think you’re better than you are

  • Dec 11, 2014

    Final Painting – Adjustments

  • Dec 10, 2014

    Final Painting – Blocking in

  • Dec 9, 2014

    Getting back on the horse

  • Dec 8, 2014

    Every Painting Needs a Good Drawing

  • Dec 7, 2014

    The pain of starting over

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