After various conversations this week regarding stockings and suspenders, I thought it might be a nice idea to do an erotic drawing of some! I’m half happy with the image…. for me it needs more dramatic darks in it to give the lost and found edges that I love in a drawing, which make the […]
I always am, after an exhibition, when I’ve not sold a painting. You’d have thought I’d have stopped it by now. I’ve had enough experience of them, for goodness sake. But I don’t. I still experience that low, that dip in my good spirits. I can’t help it. I know its only a small local […]
Since I’ve stated that the colour I feel within me as a person is gold, I’ve been asking other people this week what colour they “feel” and had some interesting responses. Some people can answer this question within a minute, with certainty and a positive forthright answer. But others I’ve asked just look at me […]
Before I say what I am….I can say with absolute certainty what colours I am not. I’m not bottle green, anything grey, brown or beige. I’m definitely not magnolia, cream, baby blue, pale pink (or any other shade of pink), lemon yellow or mint green. Infact I’m no pale colour whatsoever. I could never be […]
As an artist, I’m always trying to capture the essence of the subject rather than just the superficial image infront of me, so it was interesting yesterday to meet a spirit artist and clairvoyant, who talked about the importance of colour in painting the soul. She sees people’s auras and paints those colours in her […]
It struck me whilst I was painting a picture the other day that I paint far quicker, and with more confidence, and produce exceedingly better results if I paint whilst I’ve got some loud music with a sexy, raucously rocking beat blasting out in the background. It makes a noticeable difference to the quality of […]
After the great success of the drawing session with hornymaleuk the other week, he’s requested a repeat performance with me. I’m touched and delighted that he wants to meet again. I thoroughly enjoyed our previous time together, and the experience of drawing him, complete with the restrictions of not revealing his public face (and body!). […]
I’m delighted with the two landscapes I’ve done over the weekend. The first is of the Charles Bridge, in Prague, and is a study in deep shadows and blinding sunlight. I’m really pleased with the way I’ve captured the blazing sun peeping out from behind the tower, creating the dark shadows of the two main […]
Chatting with a friend in the pub last night, he told me again that he wanted to pose for me. He’d told me this last week too, but I thought it was the late night beer talking. He’s never posed for an artist before and is both thrilled and scared at the same time (always […]
I had an intriguing email from a newish acquaintance this week, who I know reads my blog, and who surprised (and delighted!!!) me by telling me that he is “living vanilla and hiding spice” – (which I think is a gorgeous phrase) – and that the spices he is hiding are not much more exciting […]
I went to see Bryan Adams in concert last night, for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed the show. He was totally….. awesome!!! Not only was it the sort of loud raunchy rock that I love, which instantly gets people on to their feet to dance and sing along, but it was strong clear music […]
As I had expected it was very interesting meeting Hornymaleuk and as you would also expect there’s a lot I’m not going to reveal about our meeting, but as far as the art is concerned ….. we first chatted about which parts of his anatomy he was happy for me to portray and which he […]
I’ve had some very candid and interesting conversations recently with a variety of individuals that has led on to me thinking about the different lifestyles that people have. The majority of the populace seem to live ordinary lives, doing the usual vanilla things that make up their world, and consider that any pictures concerning people […]