New Project For Adebanji Alade

Adebanji - who features in our DVD Coastal Adventures in Acrylic -  is currently working on a series of portraits of London's homeless. It was a picture of a homeless man that was the second painting to sell at last year's ROI Annual Exhibition.

 Adebanji used to work among  London's homeless where he used art to try and give them  a new focus on life. An inspiring thing to do from a really nice guy who also happens to be an exciting young painter.

Here's his latest powerful portrait.

Latest Paintings By Chris Daynes

Kent based artist Chris Daynes, with whom we filmed our Simplifying Oil Landscapes DVD has kindly sent me these pictures of some of his recent work. Chris is a keen plein air painter - out in all weathers. His lovely picture of the frozen canal in Amsterdam was painted on the spot while he was there on a sub zero painting expedition. That's dedication for you! Lovely work Chris!

New Robert Brindley Watercolour DVD Trailer

I'm delighted to report that our latest DVD with Robert Brindley RSMA - Successful Summer Watercolour Landscapes will be released on October 31. You can now pre-order it on our web site here: New Robert Brindley DVD

New DVD Featuring Robert Brindley

Following on from Robert Brindley's brush with death as shown in the last video clip I attach his finished painting of the scene - Bircham Windmill in North West Norfolk. It's one of four full demonstrations he does on the upcoming DVD which will be released at the end of the month. Bircham Windmill is a working mill and a great day out for the family. Have a look at their excellent website: http://www.birchamwindmill.co.uk/

The Perils of Plein Air Painting

New Web Site for Aine Divine

Aine Divine the marvellous Edinburgh-based artist has a new web site. Do check it out for some lovely examples of her exciting work. When I first met her to film our Watercolour Portraits DVD I didn't know how to pronouce her first name. She put me right: "It's Aine - pronounced On-Yer as in on yer bike."
So now you know: www.ainedivinepaintings.co.uk

A Great Welsh Painter

My all-time painting hero is the late Sir Kyffin Williams RA who painted his native Wales and its people with such  love and empathy that he is now rightly seen as the greatest painter to emerge from Wales in the last 100 years.  BBC viewers in Wales were able last year to see a wonderful programme - part of a short series - in which Rolf Harris explored Kyffin the man and the artist and attempted  a portrait using only Kyffin's trademark palette knife.  Rolf was a frined of Kyffin and admired him greatly .  Now viewers outside Wales can see a nine minute extract from the programme which I heartily commend to you.

Click on the link below. Then click  on the "expand to full screen"  icon (the four arrows in a square to the left of the symbols below the picture to view full screen.)