Mixa Trixa

 

When my boys were young they used to mix lots of flavours of dilute into a glass, like a cocktail, before adding water...They called it a MixaTrixa

 

This spread is one of those!

Last Samurai

 

Another of my all time favs!

Vera

 

 

Cinderella Man

 

One of my all time favourite films.

Drawn to Ink

 

My Jacksons watercolour sketchbook seems to have turned into a journal full of people. I probably have the 100 people project to thank for that.

I'm not complaining, it's all good practice for my upcoming artist residency that will have a main focus on people.

 

I do feel that my use of ink is maybe wasting the fact that this is indeed a WATERCOLOUR paper filled book but I feel drawn to ink recently and it is a great medium to use while lounging on the sofa watching TV of an evening...just my sketchbook and a Lamy Safari...Simple!

TV Sketch

 

This is sketched from this years Portrait Artist of the Year programme.

I simply paused the TV and grabbed a quick sketch of this wonderful woman painting!

Criminal Minds

 

Love this show!

A quick pause on the TV and a Lamy Safari fountain pen.

Only three of the characters were sketched from the TV before I clicked play and created a few more characters from imagination to fill the scene

A Quickie With Troy

 

Scuse the pun!

 

A few minutes sketching from the film Troy.

Femme

Quick studies

TV Sketching

Very quick study from a TV still

TV Sketching

 

More from the TV

 

...and my last pages of this sketchbook.

 

You can see the whole book

HERE

Francesco da Mosto's Venice

 

They have been showing Fracesco Da Mosto's Venice on TV...on Sunday evenings I think.

I love him!

I have his Italy Top To Toe DVD which is fantastic.

 

I sketched a little as I watched.

MidWeek Night Doodles

 

Just filling a spread with anything I could come across at the end of the day after spending time prepping a large portrait commission in the studio.

TV Sketching

 

More TV sketching...

Busy days mean sketch time moves into darkness now and then so the TV comes in handy...

Something is better than nothing!

 

Scarlett, my favourite singer on the show Nashville, sings a song called Black Roses that I love.

 

 

Country Palm

Catching up with Nashville and drinking Archers from the new bottle my friends bought me.

It's palm tree guard with a straw keeps the flies out of my tipple!

Love it!

Went for a graphic look with this spread....I love line!

Warming My Feet With Home Fires

I love the programme Home Fires and am totally gutted that it seems to have been cut from the schedule after the second season even though it has millions of viewers. Story lines have been left totally in the air and at such 'cliff hanger' moments too!

 

Oh...my feet too....while sketching the TV pause I decided they looked like interesting subjects!

Vera

 

Watching the TV show 'Vera' on demand  meant I could stop it and sketch, making a far more appealing spread than the figures I'd sketched earlier from the car park while shopping.

Evening Film

 

Troy....again....such a good film made all the sweeter by the company of my Son, a tanned Brad Pitt and a jar of traditional sweeties from the Fitzwilliam..YUM!

 

Home Fires

 

 

Sketched from stills of the TV series 'Home Fires'

 

5 Minute TV Stills

 

Timed sketching from a pause on the TV