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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.

Oil painting of cottage with tin roof by coast . Stream in foreground. Hill in background. Ocean on right.

Day 14 April #oilpainting sketch a day.

Photo reference by XENON on Unsplash

Oil painting of woman's head on her side in water. Her face is half submerged. Shadows lines across her face

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

Small oil paint sketch of man in red jacket crossing a street. His reflection is seen in a puddle.

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

Oil paint sketch of two drinks with red and white stripe straws. A blue table a red chair. Shade of some trees seen in background

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

Oil paint sketch of man mowing. It shows a man pushing a lawn mower on a white background

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

Oil sketch of woman in glasses looking back over her shoulder. Strong light from. Right of frame

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

Oil paint sketch of a sleepy polar bear sitting on rocks eyes closed

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

Oil sketch of empty beach scene. Ocean to right. Green dunes to left. Pinkish sand and partially cloudy blue sky

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

Small oil paint sketch showing a red and brown rock formation in a desert landscape.

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

A oil sketch of a Venice canal view. Pink and grey buildings are reflected in water

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.

Abstract oil painting with olive green, cobalt blue, perks of yellow layered over a coral colors underpainting. The blue is a fast frantic mark while the tones of olive and sky blue are soft and opaque

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

Hand-drawn protest poster featuring a black koala raising its middle finger. Below, bold red and black text reads “GENOCIDAL STATES ARE NOT MATES.” The style is rough, stencil-like, and printed on textured off-white paper.

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

Photo of a small easel with a white board. Resting against the board are cut outs of painted birds and their perches

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

These are so great. Loved seeing them throughout January, thank you for sharing.

Acrylic painting sketch of a Peacock against a bright green background. The bird has a vibrant blue head neck and body. He is shown with his large green tail collapsed

The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Day 31 of #birbfest2026 wrapping things up with a Peacock 🦚 Acrylic on paper. #birbfest #birdart

Loose acrylic paint sketch on blue background of a black and white bird with lage red beak and pinkish legs and feet. He has a red eye.

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.

A paint sketch of a flamboyant red and brown chicken/cockrel with black and green tail feathers

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Day 29 of #birbfest2026 down to the final 3. Acrylic on paper #birbfest