I painted scenes with the old, flashing cameras in the action, as you see cameramen lean into the  in old fights.

"Lean into the RING in old fights."

Yes, I remember the old fights from America in the cinema and on black and white TV. Free on the BBC. Those were the days.

That's interesting. I never saw him play, before my time, but he played as an all-rounder for the West Indies and I think, for Middlesex.

The Raffles Factor! with perceptions about character established by cricket...

Rain stops play...

hey  - nobody commented on my menacing BBC villain?

my ego needs stroking, well something does.

cricket is just boring rounders? All sport is there as an excuse to fall asleep to? snooker is perfect as it doesn't wake you up.

As long as you can bet in play... you might stay awake.

Rain stops play.

Covers have come off, might get some play before close.

The Raffles Factor! with perceptions about character established by cricket

I've heard some say that cricket is elitist. Maybe it was at some levels. Don't know if it still is, it's just a game to me.
I don't know of other top cricketers who have made it in politics, some become TV personalities or just commentators.

Artist is Tom Lovell.

Great picture, it looks as if the girl is having her photo taken with flash photography, the camera being off to the right close to the trellis.

She's looking straight down the camera lens. The trick is, how do you paint that from scratch?

He could have placed a reflector at her feet and the flash bounced around. He must have worked from a photo imo...but could have easily changed details.

I was going to do a copy of the one with the girl and the hoop to hang on my wall. He seems to have achieved a dead matt effect with oil paint and your idea of mixing incompatible paints is possibly what he did. I can get a similar finish with gouache.

Thanks for that. The odd perspectives are crazy and will need careful drawing. Will get started tomorrow

Close of play for me today.
Gn.

the mask was good on Felecia - i liked it. got a chuckle out of it.

Mclelland Barclay and Andrew Loomis are awesome for the forties look paintings.
mr Valesquez. you must know zem.

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The bbc news is a bit compromised too - I remember hearing about Michael Jackson dying from Reuters 40 minutes before the bbc would confirm it? They are relying on out sourced reporting a bit - All the uSa media is down to six companies? it was hundreds in the seventies. All corporate.

the BBC spend too much time advertizing the latest big film releases - again this is corporations getting free adverts for their products.

the BBC advertise a lot for a company with no adverts between shows. the advertize the bbc's viewpoint.

i prefer internet confirmation now - check two sources - bright light, big city protocol.

Surely she's not using gasoline like that Vel One spark from static and it's emergency ward 10. Don't try this at home

She says it's used to paint sheds? Makes me think that it's really white spirit which you would use to dilute boiled linseed oil. Has something been lost in translation?

Have checked on Amazon. There are reprints which are expensive, perhaps would do better trawling second-hand bookshops.
Is he an Art School staple? I've never had any formal art training, perhaps it shows

So what is the point of Art School?

I think that's par for the course at all colleges and universities. Even in science the lecturers just broad-brush the topics which then need to be studied in detail in the library or at home. You only become an expert by working at it yourself.
C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron.

Tracy Emin