Acrylics and posca pen sketches in A6 S&B Epsilon. sketchbook, working back and forth letting one side dry a little. Ref in Alt text.

Acrylic and colour pencils in sketchbook A6 Photo refrence Skyler Ewing on Unsplash

More small acrylic sketches. A6 sketchbook. Reference photos from Unsplash users "acuity david" and "fujiphilm"

Thursday #portraitchallenge My version of Katherine Knoblauch, by Conrad Faber von Kreuznach in 1532. #oilpainting

Some relaxed acrylics in sketchbook books A5 and a little A6. Reference photos via Unsplash Pascal Bullan, Priyank Pathak, Liana S, Kevin Hessey

Thank goodness for Thursday #portraitchallenge, its the only painting I've managed this month 🤷‍♀️. My version of "portrait of a girl" Ian Strang 1904. Sheet is filling slowly

My version of Austin Spares 'Newspaper seller' 1938. Thursday #portraitchallenge #oilpaint I seem to have left a patch unpainted next to his eyebrow, good job Liz 👏

Thursday #portraitchallenge spread continues. My version of Bolly's 'Surprise'. I was hoping for something colourful this week so I forced it 😅

“A Little Bit Lost” - 20x25cm - oil on canvas

Thursday #portraitchallenge My version of Samuel Peploe's portrait of Jeannie Blyth 1902. #oilpaintig loose and messy

Redid last weeks Kipling and this weeks woman with dik-dik. Thursday #portraitchallenge #oilpainting

youtube.com/shorts/WB8el... Cant stop watching

Why does everything have to be so hard? #oilpainting #sketchbook

Thursday #portraitchallenge Rudyard Kipling, lithograph by Sir William Nicholson 1899 My version in acrylic and oils on paper.

Day 14 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Photo reference by XENON on Unsplash

Days 10 11 and 12 April #oilpainting sketch a day. I ended up with the proportions all wrong and colours not saturated enough. Oils on A3 oil sketch paper. Ref photo by Amina Arhm on Unsplash

My version of Sargent's Dr. Pozzi 1881. For Thursday #portraitchallenge #oilpaint on gessoed paper. I've never painted a face and hands this small. Face and neck just 4cm top to bottom. The original painting is 201.6cm by 102.2cm

Day 8 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Ref photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash.

Day 7 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Some tasty mocktails.

Heres a silly little sketch of hubby mowing. The lawn mower kept growing in size 🤷‍♀️ Day 6 April #oilpainting sketch a day. On A5 paper

Day 5 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Photo reference Khanh Do on unsplash

Heres a sleepy polar bear. Day 4 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Photo reference Robert Schwarz on Unsplash.

Day 3 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Our favourite local dog beach on A5 paper. With the dreaded paper tear when removing the tape boo hoo

Blind contour for this weeks Thursday #portraitchallenge

Day 2 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Zion National Park on A5 paper. Photo reference Florian Schindler via Unsplash

Day 1 Daily oil paint sketch for April 2026. Is anyone else doing an art challenge for April? First oil sketch since Jan, I like how the reflected window turned out Photo reference Daniel Gomez on Unsplash

Happy Tasmanian Devil Average Birthday, to all those who celebrate! 🥳 Devils have an annual mating season, which goes from late Feb until late April. That means, on average, devil joeys are born on 1st April. So if you wish a devil Happy Birthday today, you’ve got a good chance of being correct!

Thursday #portraitchallenge Saturday catch up edition. Antonis Mor's Thomas Gresham 1560. My version in acrylic and pencils.

AI can’t paint with R&F oil sticks 28”x25” oil on canvas

I had to look up how to pronounce Lefebvre. And now I understand her expression in the painting. luh-FAYV

Thursday #portraitchallenge My version of Lefebvre's Ophelia in pencil and acrylic.

Last Thursdays #portraitchallenge John Singer Sargent's "Man Reading" (Nicola d'Inverno) 1904 My version is acrylic in sketchbook

Thursday #portraitchallenge "The Virgin and Child with Saint John and an Angel" by (workshop of) Sandro Botticelli My version in acrylics and pencil in A3 sketchbook

GENOCIDAL STATES ARE NOT MATES #HerzogNotWelcome

Thursday #portraitchallenge My version of King Kamehameha II of Hawaii, created by John Hayter in 1824 Pencil and watercolour on A5 paper

Some of my fave Birbs from January's #birbfest. Paintings cut out and sitting on the easel. Collage them together or straight up on the wall? #birbfest2026 #oilpaint

The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Day 31 of #birbfest2026 wrapping things up with a Peacock 🦚 Acrylic on paper. #birbfest #birdart

The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Day 30 of #birbfest2026 Acylic on paper #birbfest #birdart

Thursday #portraitchallenge. My version of Klimt's 'Portrait of a Lady in a Black'. Acrylic on A5 paper. I had grand plans to catch up on the last 3 weeks with a triptych but sanity prevailed.

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) Day 29 of #birbfest2026 down to the final 3. Acrylic on paper #birbfest

The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) Day28 of #birbfest2026 Acrylic on paper, no oils today. #birbfest

I think I've figured it out The balancing act ALL our Western Governments are currently playing is keeping the comfortable people comfortable to the point that they can tolerate (ie look the other way) while their fellow citizens are cast adrift. And by 'adrift' i mean are completely fucked

The red-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis amictus) Day 27 of #birbfest2026 still wet Oil paint over acrylic on A5 paper

BIRBFEST DAY 21 - Ornate Fruit Dove Watercolor & colored pencil #Birbfest2026 #Birbfest #Birds #AnimalArt #Art #Artist #TraditionalArt #ArtistOnInstagram #Dove #OrnateFruitDove #Pigeon

The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Day 26 of #birbfest2026 Oil sketch over acrylic on A5 paper #birbfest #oilpaint #birdart

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use www.openculture.com/2024/11/the-...

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Day 25 of #birbfest2026 Oil paint sketch over acrylic on A5 paper #birbfest #birdart #oilpaint

Big loose sketch from a summer hike 11”x14” acrylic on paper

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes. From Treasure magazine, 1963 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)