Jimmy Carr

On Friday I had 2 very important places to visit in town. Firstly I had an appointment with my hairdresser, Jim. His wit and banter is cheeky and it's always a good tonic to pay him a visit. My second appointment was to deliver something to another Jim who is equally well known for his wit & cheeky (!!) banter. Remember a while ago I made this oil portrait ......... ? Well, I need to deliver it to the theatre as my gift to one of the funniest comedians I've ever watched. I really hope he enjoys it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Portrait Painting

I'm pleased I don't have to drive down the narrow lanes of Ufford tonight - if they've had the same weather as Capel they'd be pretty much snowbound. We've had an absolute blizzard here today with 2 inches covering my patio in under an hour. At times it was coming down so thick you could barely see out the window. With weather like this it's ideal to set up in the cosy warm and get painting. My recent portrait project was next on the list and late this afternoon I decided to get cracking on some more details. There's still loads to do but the 3 base skin tone colours are in and I've started to work on some detailed areas. The eyes are in and I feel it makes the painting start to come to life.