Mike Jory Blogs

I'm going to be doing a live painting demo at Stoke Gabriel Art Group in Devon, TQ9 6ST UK on Tuesday 7th December. The demo starts at 730pm ((in the Village Hall). Tea and biscuits provided at the half-way mark. Guests are welcome (£2 entry fee). I... 

Just a line to say thanks to those who got in touch regarding my recent posts. I'm now closing commissions for this year but will re-open them in early 2022. 

Is your loved one a beltie fan? Still looking for the ideal Christmas present? Something with a truly personal touch? There are only 39 shopping days until Christmas! Further to my post the other day, there is only one spot left on my Christmas Cattl... 

Are you super busy but mildly worried that Christmas is fast approaching? Are you beginning to wonder what to get as a present for your loved one this holiday season? Do you remember that last time you bought something generic… and the look of disa... 

Thanks to all who got in touch regarding my Belties commission a painting program. Commissions are closed for now but will re-open at the end of October / early November. If you'd like to be on the waiting list for a beltie painting or another commis... 

3 out of 5 places are already gone.  Spaces in the 6 Week Commission-a-Beltie-Painting program are running out, and registration closes in just 12 hours â�° If you’re a Tech Business Executive or Scientist struggling with finding the time to searc... 

Just  â�° 36 hours left â�° Time is running out to grab your spot on the 6 Week Commission-a-Beltie-Painting Program I’ve had several questions over the last couple of days so if you love belties artwork, here are some more details: ✅ On 11th Oc... 

How a busy tech executive commissioned beltie paintings their loved one has a deep personal connection to withOUT sacrificing their limited free time by spending hours touring round galleries, art fairs and searching online…and how you can do the e... 

Are you a busy tech professional who works in the city but loves the countryside? Do you have a loved one who is a fan of #beltedgalloway cattle? How are you supposed to find a #beltedgallowaycow painting that is the perfect gift for your loved one,... 

Watercolor portrait painting inspired by Eddie Izzard sitting for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year. 

This week's video is a real-time watercolor painting demo of an impressionist city scene.  

Sheep painting work in progress  

 This week's painting is a surreal twist on a black cattle painting, check out the finished cow painting 'Welcome to the edge' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cows-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: A2 Daler Rowney ... 

 Real-time demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKP7YsVXMLMIn this video, I take you through the creation of a self portrait painting that I created for my entry to Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 - mostly used interactive acrylics f... 

 'Let's get together' - check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cattle-painting-mike-jory.html You can watch the real time demo video of this painting coming to life here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W... 

Check out my finished painting of Nicola Coughlan here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/nicola-coughlan-portrait-painting-mike-jory.html Created this for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week, season 3 episode 1. Materials: Daler Rowney A2 mixed ... 

We're up to episode 4 of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2021. Unable to attend as a wildcard artist due to travel restrictions, I decide to paint the scene from my TV. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/fe... 

Inktense travel set sketch of the West Reservoir in London. See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/west-reservoir-london-painting-sky-arts-landscape-artist-of-the-year-mike-jory.html This painting was inspired by Sky Ar... 

 See the zoomable hires watercolor painting 'Gliding by' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/west-wycombe-park-music-hall-folly-swans-lake-painting-mike-jory.html This week, inspired by episode 2 of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year ... 

 'This place is really popular' - check out the finished watercolor painting of this restaurant interior here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/restaurant-painting-loose-impressionist-watercolor-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html In this ... 

 This week, I paint Chartwell House in England using watercolor and a little ballpoint pen. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/charwell-house-england-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html In this real-tim... 

 This week, I do a real time demo showing how to paint some Scottish Highland cows complete with long shaggy coats and big horns. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/highland-cattle-cows-with-horns-paint... 

 'Belties at Budleigh' see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cow-at-budleigh-salterton-beach-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I paint some belted galloway cows on the pebble beach at Budleigh Sa... 

See the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/melanie-blatt-portrait-artist-of-the-week-mike-jory.html This week's video is a real time demo of a portrait painting of All Saints singer /songwriter Melanie Blatt. I created thi... 

We are up to episode 2 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week (season 2). For this week's show, the sitter is BBC radio and television presenter Nihal Arthanayake. This video is a real-time demo of how I created Nihal's portrait painting using inte... 

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week season 2, episode 1. Portrait painting of DJ, presenter and author Annie MacManus. This week, I use interactive acrylics to create an expressive, colourful and lively portrait painting. See the finished painting ... 

After many months and 26 episodes, the Animal Alphabet Painting Challenge is complete!!! For the final episode, I start with a sharpie marker drawing and the complete the picture using watercolor. Zebra fish finished painting https://mike-jory.pixel... 

 A few months ago, I took part in the weekly interactive facebook show, Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. In this video, I review all the different portraits and techniques from my season 1 paintings and form a loose plan for season 2. Take ... 

This week, we are down on the south coast of Cornwall on a very windy and stormy day, looking over Whitsand Bay to Rame Head and the ancient chapel that sits on the cliff top there. I use watercolor paints to create a range of textures in a multi-lay... 

 This week, I enter a youtube art prompt competition run by US artist Ten Hundred, the prompt being "Reaching new heights". I decide to go surreal and paint some very loose impressionist flowers and plants using watercolor on a large canvas to paint... 

This week, I take you through, step by step, how to paint a street scene in watercolor. Inspired by the sight of a twisted and crooked church spire in Chesterfield, England, I use a combination of simple, clean washes, wet-in-wet and dry brush to cre... 

This week, I am inspired by a visit to Lynmouth in North Devon and use watercolor and a touch of white acrylic to create this river valley landscape painting. See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/lynmouth-north-devon-l... 

This week, I create a black and white (with a little blue) drawing of a bicycle in impressionist style using a ball point pen (biro) and a Winsor & Newton grey alcohol based marker pen. See the finished drawing 'halflash' here https://mike-jory.... 

 This week, we are up to episode Y of the Animal Alphabet Challenge and I paint a yak, Check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/yak-painting-mike-jory.html see the Alphabet collection so far here: https://mike-... 

 This week, I take a ten minute painting challenge...can I paint a beach painting, working en plein air, in watercolor in just ten minutes? Our location is the amazing Valley of the Rocks in North Devon and the secret beach that sits at the base... 

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit and the UK went into lockdown in early 2020, Oxford portrait artist Tom Croft (check out his website here: http://www.thomascroft.co.uk/ ) responded by creating a movement that would celebrate the most heroic people dur... 

This week is episode X of the Animal Alphabet Challenge. You can check out the finished painting of a Xenops bird here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/xenops-bird-colorful-painting-mike-jory.html and view the Animal Alphabet drawings and paint... 

This week, we're on the pebble beach at Budleigh Salterton on a bright but blustery day, painting a plein air beach painting including red cliffs and a red sea using interactive acrylics. Check out the finished painting 'Breezy at Budleigh' here: ht... 

This week, I set myself the challenge of painting a belted galloway cow in just ten minutes. Do I suceed? watch the video to find out. You can see the completed painting in zoomable high resolution here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-g... 

This week, I show you how I created a portrait painting of Dame Mary Beard for week 9 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/dame-mary-beard-portrait-painting-mypaotw... 

This week, I paint a landscape in watercolor using a waterbrush that is inspired by a hidden valley near Exeter in Devon. Tall reeds, trees, hedges, fields and hills all feature in this expressive, impressionist landscape painting. See a high re... 

Week 8 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week and for this episode I create several quick sketches using ball point pen and alcohol-based marker then do a painting that you can see here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/professor-green-musi... 

Episode W of the Animal Alphabet Challenge. Using sharpie marker pen and watercolor, I paint a Wildebeest and then do a painting of a Warthog. See the finished Wildebeest painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/wildebeest-painting-mi... 

We're up to week 7 of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week show. In my quest to use a new technique in each of these PAOTW videos, here I combine watercolor (dry brush), ball point pen and graphite pencil in an unusual order to create a mized... 

This week, I show you how to paint the view of a garden, fence, parking lot and trees out of a window using a preliminary sharpie marker drawing and watercolor painting. See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/view-o... 

This week, I demonstrate a mixed media approach with a portrait painting of Noel Fielding for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week episode 6. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/noel-fielding-portrai... 

This week, I demonstrate an unusual technique to paint a portrait of Will Young for episode 5 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. See the finished portrait painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/will-young-portrait-painting-paot... 

This week, I show you a muliti-media approach to portrait painting including several tips for beginners as I paint Rob Rinder for week 4 of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. See the hi-res zoomable version of my portrait painting of Judge... 

This week, I show you how I created this watercolor painting of an elephant using water brushes. See the finished painting 'Under the golden sky' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/elephant-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html Materials... 

This week, I show you how I created a portrait painting of the photographer Rankin for week 3 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. Check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/rankin-photographer-john-rankin-wad... 

This week, I show you how I created a portrait painting of Bernardine Evaristo when I took part in episode 2 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week via Facebook Live. You can see my finished painting of Bernardine here: https://mike-jory.pixels.... 

This week, I take part in my first Facebook Live portrait painting session via Sky TV's Portrait Artist of the Week show. I, along with thousands of other artist, and #PAOTY champion Christabel Blackburn paint celebrated dancer and choreographer ... 

This week, I show you two different versions of a primrose inktense painting using a water brush. You can see the first version here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/primroses-painting-mike-jory.html and the looser second version here: http... 

This video is episode V of the Animal Alphabet Challenge. I show you how to create a loose line and wash watercolor painting of a vulture, see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/vulture-watercolor-painting-mike-jory... 

This week, I show you how to create a super loose, impressionist style watercolor painting of sheep and lambs in the spring sunshine using a water brush See the finished painting 'Spring with the flock' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featur... 

This week, I show you how to paint a uinta ground squirrel line and wash using sharpie marker pen and watercolor See the finished hi-res painting 'Relaxed but alert' here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/uinta-ground-squirrel-watercolor-pai... 

This week's video is all about en plein air black cat animal painting from life. Check out the hi-res version of the finished black cat painting 'It's quiet in the garden' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/black-cat-relaxing-in-grass-al... 

This week's video is just a quick update to let you know that normal episodes will return next Sunday. If you'd like to get a closer look at some of the sheep paintings then you can see them here: 'Spring Sunshine' https://mike-jory.pixels.com/f... 

This week, I step into the surreal and finish a wip watercolor painting of some belted galloway cattle in a landscape with people wandering around. Check out the hi-res version here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-and-... 

This week, I take you though the process of applying to the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2021 and the creation of the portrait sketches and paintings that go with it. 

This week, I show you how I created "Cloudy with a chance of cattle" a mixed media painting using watercolor and acrylic of some steer in amongst a colorful and cloudy sky. See the hi-res image here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/cattle-... 

This week, I show you a line and wash, sharpie and watercolor painting technique to created two different Tasmanian Devil paintings. This video is also episode T of the Animal Alphabet Challenge. You can see the paintings that I've completed so f... 

This week I how you how to create a mixed media sheep and landscape painting using watercolor and acrylic. Check out the finished painting in zoomable hi-res here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-and-dartmoor-hillside-landscape-painti... 

In this week's video, I show you how I create a loose and lively watercolor painting of an English seaside town on a stormy winter day. You can see the finished version of "Red Storm at Budleigh" here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/red-se... 

In this week's video, I show you how I created this painting of a seal, you can see the full painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/seal-painting-mike-jory.html prints and products are also available at the same link. Materials used... 

Just a quick info hit in case you missed the end of last week's video. I'm taking a little break, and the next video will be posted on Sunday 2nd Feb 2020. Hope to see you then! :-) 

This week I show you my 10 favourite paintings created over the last couple of years for the Sunday Art Show. I am showing these on my new exhibition website http://thelondonartgallery.co.uk Hope you enjoy the show! 

See the hi-res version of this raccoon painting 'Cautionary Colours' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/colorful-raccoon-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: A4 Daler Rowney mixed media paper Black sharpie marker pen Winsor and N... 

This week I show you how to create a painting of a brown european quail using mixed media, see the hi-res version here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/colorful-quail-bird-painting-mike-jory.html Materials used: A4 mixed media Daler Rowne... 

This week I create a mixed media urban sketch "Cafe Life" that you can see in hi-res here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/people-in-cafe-with-red-cups-sketch-mike-jory.html Location: corner of a supermarket cafe Materials used: clairefo... 

"Sheep in the Sky" see the hi-res image here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-in-cloudy-sky-surreal-impressionist-painting-mike-jory.html see the surreal cow paintings here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-... 

This week's video is inspired by the festive season and Christmas shopper in Exeter. see the finished painting "Christmas on Queen Street" here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/christmas-shopping-in-queen-street-exeter-mike-jory.html Mate... 

A bit late posting this blog, but here are details of the video that went up on the channel on Sunday. This week, I take you through painting a reindeer in watercolour with no initial pencil drawing and a loose and lively style of brushwork. You ... 

In this week's Sunday Art Show, I show you how to create a painting of a sheep in an autumn landscape using watercolour and interactive acrylic. You can see the finished painting in hi-res here:https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sheep-in-autum... 

This week, I show you an overview of an amazing exhibition of artwork by a range of the region's top painters and sculptors. Each year, the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts holds an open exhibition. This year, 2019, the open exhibition... 

In this week's video, I show you how to create a loose and lively watercolour painting of a crowd of people walking through a city street. My crowd happen to be protesting against climate change but the techniques apply to any group of people. Yo... 

This week's video is all about watercolour painting. I show you, step by step, how I created "Autumn at Exeter Cathedral" see the finished painting or buy a print etc here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/exeter-cathedral-watercolour-painti... 

This week, I show you how to combine wet-in-wet watercolour style painting techniques with more traditional acrylic methods, using interactive acrylic for both, to create a painting of a stag with antlers in the English countryside. The finished ... 

In this week's video, I show you a behind the scenes peak at being a wild card artist on Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - episode 1 - Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth. You can see a hi-res version of my painting "Drake's Island after the S... 

'Autumn sunshine' see the hi-res version of the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pumpkin-carnival-squash-and-autumn-leaves-still-life-painting-mike-jory.htmlThis still life painting of orange and blue pumpkins nestled ... 

'Dominique in the sunlight' see the finished painting in hi-res here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/dominique-dominicker-hen-chicken-pilgrim-fowl-painting-mike-jory.htmlThis week, I show you how to create an acrylic painting of a dominike... 

This year, I took part in the Sky Arts, Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 TV show, the episodes start airing soon, here's the trailer... Landscape Artist 2019 Promo for Social Media from Storyvault Films on Vimeo. 

A bit late with the blog post this week, but here's the video that went up on the channel on Sunday "Rust Reds at Rest" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/four-red-poll-cattle-lying-down-in... 

This week, I show you how I created 2 en plein air watercolour paintings of the red cliffs and beach at Budleigh Salterton in Devon. I also show you two other en plein air beach paintings featuring people and the view of this south coast of Engl... 

This week, I show you how to paint three belted galloway cattle against a purple, stormy sky using interactive acrylics. See the finished painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-purple-cloudy-sky-painting-mike-jo... 

In this video, I show you how to draw a pelican in about five minutes or so. You cansee the high res drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/pelican-drawing-mike-jory.html This is episode P of the animal alphabet challenge, I use a sha... 

In this video, I show you some watercolour techniques that allow me to paint a river scene including a distant landscape and boats on the water in about 30 minutes. The finished painting 'Summer evening on the River Exe' can be seen in high resol... 

This week, we are up to episode O of the Animal Alphabet Challenge and I use the usual Sharpie marker pen and mixed media paper to create five minute (or thereabouts) drawing of an ostrich. You can see the hi res version of the drawing here https... 

"Resting Rusties" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/two-red-poll-cows-lying-down-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en pl... 

In this video, I show you how to draw a numbat in about ten minutes using a sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper. You can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/numbat-noombat-walpurti-drawing-mike-jory.html Th... 

In this week's video, I show you how to paint a horse and landscape painting while working en plein air. This is 'Grazing the day away' - you can see the full painting here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/horse-grazing-in-devon-landscape-en... 

This week, I draw a magpie in about ten minutes, you can see the finished drawing here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/magpie-drawing-black-and-white-bird-illustration-mike-jory.html This is episode M of the Animal Alphabet Challenge in whi... 

In this week's video, I show you how I go about creating colour painting sketches in an impressionist style using a herd of cows as my subject. You can see the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/rust-red-poll-cows-two-s... 

In this video I show you how to draw a llama in about 5 minutes using a black sharpie marker pen and A4 mixed media paper. Starting with sweeping gestural lines, I draw a simplified version of the llama and then add some shadows and texture lines... 

I often drive past Cockwood Harbour and it's rare to see it full of water. This day though, the tide was high so I took the opportunity to do some en plein air painting of the boats floating on the water in this little harbour near Starcross in D... 

In this video, I show you how to create a drawing of a kangaroo in around five minutes. You can see the finished drawing here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/kangaroo-drawing-mike-jory.htmlUsing A4 mixed media paper and a black sharpie mar... 

In this week's Sunday Art Show, I paint a herd of belted galloway cows under a colourful, cloudy sky. You can see the finished painting "Belties Beyond The Sky" here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/belted-galloway-cows-under-blue-sky-with-c... 

In this video, I demonstrate how to draw a jaguar using a sharpie pen and some mixed media paper. Starting with loose line work, I then add some tone and then put the pattern down on top. This is episode J of the Animal Alphabet Challenge.See the... 

In this week's video, I show you how to paint a horse and foal using interactive acrylic paint. This demo starts with an A2 sheet of mixed media paper and a pre-prepared outline drawing that I did with a burnt umber acrylic paint marker. Next I a... 

This week, I show you a few different ways to draw an impala. Using a sharpie marker pen and some mixed media paper, I start with a fairly careful depiction of the full impala, sketching in everything from antlers to feet and then use cross hatch... 

This week, I take a wip of a black angus steer on dartmoor that I created using liquitex acrylic paint marker pens. I block in the sky with marker and then switch to using Atelier interactive acrylic paint to create a finished angus cow painting.... 

This ten minute drawing of a heron in flight was created as episode H of the animal alphabet challenge.See the finished drawing here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/heron-in-flight-drawing-mike-jory.htmlMaterials used: black sharpie marker... 

This week, I create a mixed media painting inspired by the flowers in my garden. Working en plein air I draw and paint flowers and plants using Sharpie markers, inktense pencils, interference acrylics, interactive acrylics and acrylic paint mar... 

A five minute drawing of a cute little gerbil with paw raised. Used a black sharpie pen and some A4 mixed media paper. This is episode G of the animal alphabet challenge. 

This week, I start with several biro (ball-point) pen sketches of sheep, working en plein air on an A4 mixed media paper pad, I stand at the gate to a field on the outskirts of Exeter and draw the flock, several quick studies. Then, I head home a... 

This week's animal alphabet challenge is a five minute flamingo drawing using a sharpie marker pen and some mixed media paper (A4). In this episode, I also include a gallery of some other bird drawings that I've completed over the years. You can ... 

This week we're down in Cornwall at Fistral Beach doing some en plein air drawing and sketching. The weather was overcast and there were very few waves so instead I focused on drawing an RNLI lifeguard truck and some people and surfers on the b... 

We are up to episode E of the animal alphabet challenge. Here I use a sharpie pen and some mixed media paper to create a black and white drawing of an elephant walking along in the bright sun. You see the full drawing here https://mike-jory.pix... 

This week, I use a watercolor marker pen to draw a chameleon. Then a clean, wet brush is dragged through the line work to add subtle tones and shading to the chameleon sketch. The finished drawing is completed in about ten minutes. See the fini... 

This week its quick sharpie pen drawings of a dingo (wild dog from Australia) and a donkey for episode D of the animal alphabet challenge. Materials used: sharpie pen and A4 mixed media paper 

This sheep painting tutorial starts with a narrow nib acrylic paint marker and then continues to show how to use the giant nib acrylic paint marker pens to create a series of different effects and marks. I did a sheep painting using paint markers... 

Camel drawing using Sharpie marker pen on mixed media paper. Here's the third of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z,  this week with a sharpie pen sk... 

This week I am, 'Enjoying the morning sun' - I go looking for deer in the grounds of Powderham Castle in Devon but find sheep first. Inspired by the scene, I use A4 mixed media paper, a black sharpie pen and inktense pencils to create an enplei... 

Here's the second of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z, starting this week with a sharpie pen sketch of a baboon. Episode B done, 24 more to go! The id... 

This week, I am inspired by giant jelly fish at Exmouth Marina to paint a picture of 3 sail boats with blue sails gliding across the silvery water of the River Exe in Devon. You can see, and zoom in on, the finished painting here: https://mike-jo... 

Here's the first of a new series on the channel. This is the Animal Alphabet challenge. I'm aiming to do some quick studies of animals from A to Z, starting this week with a sharpie pen sketch of an armadillo. Episode A done, 25 more to go! The i... 

This week, I paint a red angus bull against a bright yellow background using interactive acrylics. I'm really enjoying using my new colour palette and the different hues that can be created. As you can see from the painting, lots of vibrant pur... 

I'm gradually working towards creating en plein air, animals in landscape paintings and hope to eventually be able to work outdoors in the same way that I do at home. This week's video is a step on that journey. I wander through a field of shee... 

This week, I paint a colourful pheasant walking through a countryside landscape using interactive acrylic over a conventional acrylic under painting. You can zoom in on the hi-res finished painting "Strutting My Stuff" here: https://mike-jory.p... 

This week, I paint a black angus bull using interactive acrylics. Decided to paint this following a viewer request. Materials used (affiliate links) Daler Rowney Mixed Media boards Synthetic flat and round brushes Atelier interactive acryl... 

This week, I'm back in the car for a quick bit of sketching using a Sharpie marker and some mixed media paper . Parked at the side of the road in the village of Alphington near Exeter, I create a drawing of the street scene. Working from life and... 

This week, we are up on the hills above Exeter in Devon. While doing an en plein air landscape study, some sheep come walking into view so I quickly take a few photos for reference then return home to create a mixed media painting. The finished p... 

This week, I use interactive acrylics, a medium flat brush and A2 mixed media paper to create a painting of a Dartmoor miniature pony. This video actually shows some extracts from an animal painting artist workshop that I recently held in Exeter.... 

This week, I have some fun creating a boldly coloured, simply treated painting of a sheep in about ten minutes. Also, included some captions with bonus info and tips throughout the video for the first time. This ten minute sheep painting was crea... 

Beautiful weather in Exeter over the last few days, so with a sketch pad (mixed media paper), biro and sharpie marker pen in hand, I grabbed a few minutes each day to draw: a man, a cat, some houses, some hills, a mill and some grand buildings. A... 

Back at Bedruthan steps for this week's video. Some of you may remember the previous Bedruthan sketch that was a black & white watercolour study from the cliff top. This time, I venture down the steep steps onto the sand, walk among the huge rock... 

Following on from last month's workshop, I'm holding another art class in Exeter on Friday 5th April (1pm to 4pm) at Exwick Parish Hall, Exwick, Exeter, EX4 2AA. Cost is £25. All welcome! 

Inspired by the rugged and colourful landscape of Dartmoor in Devon, in this video I paint a grazing belted galloway cow against a back drop of grass, heather, gorse and rolling hills. Just a quick study but using watercolor allows expressive was... 

This week I thought I'd show you a little behind the scenes footage of an art class that I ran in Exeter last week. The finished sheep painting is called "It's a strange world" and you can see the full version here, or a close-up of the sheep her... 

This week, I play a game of hit and run at the beach. Taking a walk / run along Exmouth beach round the headland to Sandy Bay in Devon, I stop at 5 different locations to create a quick monochrome watercolour study of the scene. The beach wa... 

This week, it's a viewer-requested video, painting a Texas longhorn steer in acrylic. Materials: A3 mixed media paper, atelier interactive paints: magenta, cad red, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, cad yellow, burnt umber, titanium white; small ro... 

I'm running an artist workshop in Exeter on Friday 1st March 2019. This art class will focus on painting animals and landscapes. Full details on the poster!  

An amazing unseasonably warm and sunny February day led me down to the sand of Exmouth beach to use my inktense travel kit and some water colour marker pens to paint a quick en plein air riverscape inspired by the view across the mouth of the R... 

This week, it was too windy to paint en plein air so I worked from inside my car to paint the rolling hills of the Exe Valley in Devon. Parked in Duryard Valley Park, high above the city of Exeter, I use a water brush and inktense to create a q... 

This week, I do some en plein air sketches of horse in a field on the edge of Exeter. You can see the close-up of the art work here. Materials used: A4 mixed media paper, inktense travel set, ball-point pen. Had great fun sketching some horse... 

Materials used: Winsor & Newton watercolour marker, smooth watercolor paper and a flat brush (half inch). This week, I return to the brush and pen watercolour sketching technique I used a couple of weeks ago to paint this bison. I'm calling... 

This week, I try a little experiment using the following: Paint-On Multi Techniques 250g/sqm A4 paper by Clairefontaine Spectrum Noir alcohol-based marker pens Winsor and Newton watercolour paint & half-inch flat synthetic brush biro (b... 

Ten minute cheetah painting or drawing real time. See the hi-res finished picture here: Inspired by the watercolour marker and wet brush technique that I used last week, I decided to try the same thing for an animal in this case a cheetah prowl... 

See the close-up of this watercolor seascape painting / drawing here This week I visit, for the first time, the amazing Cornish beach, Bedruthan Steps and, inspired by the view from the cliff top, looking down on the array of massive rocks that ... 

This week, we draw a mixed media cow head using watercolour marker pens, a flat, clean, wet brush and some atelier interactive acrylic paint. After doing some gestural line work of the cow's head, the clean wet brush is dragged through the water... 

This week we return to the beautiful beach Widemouth bay in Cornwall for a ten minute en plein air mixed media seascape painting. Materials used: Watercolour paper (smooth finish), Winsor and Newton field easel, Winsor and Newton Watercolour mark... 

In this week's video demo I paint a black cat using Atelier interactive acrylics. Materials used: Daler-Rowney Mixed Media Paper (A3 size) Synthetic flat brushes (1 inch and half inch) Synthetic round brush (size 10) water sprayer Winsor an... 

This week, I do a goat painting demonstration in response to a viewer request. The materials I use are:WHSmith Mixed media paper (A3)Synthetic brushes: half in flat and a small round brush.Atelier interactive acrylics: cadmium red, cadmium yell... 

This week I explore a hidden arboretum in the village of Newton St Cyres in Devon and work on a loose en plein air study of the trees using: Winsor and Newton field easel Winsor and Newton watercolour markers Atelier interactive acrylics: ca... 

Have you ever let fate decide your creative direction? This week I use a wheel of fortune (www.wheeldecide.com) to select 3 colours from a range of Sharpie marker pens. Then I use this colour combination to create a drawing of a pair of ballroom ... 

Materials used: Daler Rowney Mixed media art boards, Winsor and Newton field easel, Derwent Inktense blocks, Atelier interactive acrylics, winsor and newton watercolour marker pens.This week I'm back at Fistral Beach in Cornwall creating an en ... 

Materials needed if you want to follow along: Photo of an animal of choice, paper or canvas, drawing medium of choice, 3 colours would be useful (I use a Sharpie pen in this video), a spare long-handled brush (or a stick would do). In this we... 

In this week's episode, I am sitting on the sand at Widemouth Bay beach in Cornwall painting an en plein air seascape using Winsor and Newton watercolour paint and synthetic brushes. Once I'm back home, I add a couple of finishing touches with some a... 

In this beaver painting demo, I start with a very loose line drawing in blue watercolour marker and add a series of thin acrylic washes using atelier interactive acrylics to bring this beaver to life. The whiskers were added using blue biro pen. I wa... 

Cartoon style alligator drawing created in about ten minutes using mixed media including acrylic paint markers (Liquitex), watercolour markers (winsor and newton), prolene marker pens and inktense blocks. Good fun to have a change of pace this we... 

This week, I return to the banks of the River Exe to paint the scene that featured in a previous video in a looser style. If you would like to compare the 2 landscape paintings, then the previous version can be seen coming to life in this video: htt... 

Starting out with an outline of the pig in watercolour marker pen, I used large and small round brushes to add thin layers of watercolour paint to create, form, light and shadow on this pig. Finally, I add a few details to the face and head in this t... 

This week I use a simple line and wash technique to paint a herd of cows in watercolour. Each cow is outlined using watercolor marker pen, then a clean damp brush is used to create areas of tone.  

Posting this a day late due to a visit to Buckingham Palace, but the video did go up on Sunday (just) as usual :-) This week I paint an impressionism style flock of sheep and lambs using Atelier interactive acrylic paint in real time.  

This week, it's a cow painting completed in about 20 minutes using interactive acrylic paint. Featuring a more subdued than usual colour palette, I move the paint around with brushes as normal but also use some paper towel to cover areas with soft va... 

This week, I do a quick en plein air painting of a misty morning at the beach. Using Atelier interactive acrylics, working in the open air, I watch the waves roll in at Fistral Beach and paint the subtle colours in the morning mist over the water. Th... 

This week, I go through a real-time acrylic painting of a sheep looking straight at you, mainly focusing on the head of the sheep. This time, I painted using a textural, impressionist style and also included a background landscape. If you want to get... 

This week, I'm sat on the bank of the River Exe in Devon for a real time en plein air acrylic painting. Lots of different things to paint in this spot, hills, water, trees, reeds etc. Great fun being outside painting landscapes or riverscap... 

In this real time acrylic painting video I create a painting of a black cow lying down in amongst the heather and gorse up on Dartmoor in Devon. This landscape animal painting features impressionist style distant hills and plants along with a precise... 

This week, I'm back down at Fistral beach in Cornwall to do some en plein air paintings using acrylic. In this video, I go through a painting from start to finish in real time while sat on the beach and also chat about the other paintings I created o... 

This week it's a real time video of a mixed media, watercolour and acrylic painting of a deer with antlers standing with perfect graceful posture, alert yet relaxed in a woodland glade perhaps. Prussian blue watercolour marker was used to create a ge... 

This week, I am down in Cornwall at Fistral beach when I notice a couple of seagulls have landed next to me. I quickly start on an en plein air, race against time as I sketch these birds with a combination of watercolour and acrylic. Filmed using a g... 

Sorry for the late-in-the-day post, been painting all day at the beach! This week’s episode continues from last week’s episode and features more en plein air beach paintings 

Had an amazing day at Dawlish Warren beach, painting en plein air the view across the water while standing in the sea. This was so enjoyable and relaxing, like having a 3 week holiday compressed into an afternoon! See the acrylic landscape / seascape... 

In this week's episode, I use mixed media to draw a herd of friesian cows. However, these are rather unusual in that I depict them with bright purple! Starting with a prussian blue acrylic paint marker, I do some loose gestural drawing to place the c... 

This week, I take a visit to Sidmouth on the south coast of Devon, England and use the view to inspire an English beach scene panting tutorial. This real time video of how to paint a coastal scene uses a combination of watercolor marker pens and atel... 

This week, I try a mixed media experiment to draw a friesian cow using watercolour marker pens, then take a clean wet brush to move the paint around, spray the paint with water to create effects, then use interactive acrylic paint to fill in the back... 

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show, I use Atelier Interactive acrylics to paint a sheep lying down in the English countryside. Inspired by a flock on the edge of Exeter in Devon, thin washes are used to suggest background hills and hedgero... 

In this episode of the Sunday Art Show, I spend about ten minutes experimenting with a combination of alcohol based marker pen, acrylic paint and acrylic paint markers to create a painting (or drawing) of a sheep in bright sun light.  

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show, I work on a quick ten minute painting to capture some hills, trees and hedges in acrylic. Really enjoying the challenge of these quick ten minute studies, I hope to use a more considered version of this ... 

In this week's the Sunday Art Show, I demonstrate how to paint an oak tree using acrylic paint. This oak tree painting tutorial uses conventional acrylic paint first, then this is over-painted with atelier interactive acrylic paint and a variety of b... 

In this week's episode of the Sunday Art Show,  I use acrylic paint to capture a typical English countryside scene in this ten minute painting demonstration. Vibrant colours and gestural brush strokes are used to  capture the hills, fields,... 

Today, I paint a real time ten minute landscape painting that is inspired by the view of the River Exe from the end of Dawlish Warren beach. I sketched in a few lines while standing on the Devon sand and enjoying the sunshine. Then, back at the studi... 

In the latest episode of the Sunday Art Show, I demonstrate, in real time, how to draw a lamb in about ten minutes using Spectrum Noir alcohol based marker pens. (New episode next Sunday)  

The Sunday Art Show: In this real time animal painting video tutorial, I begin with a blob of blue interactive acrylic paint in the middle of the paper and then, with a spray of water and a flat brush, start to move this around on the page to demonst... 

In this episode of the Sunday Art Show: A real time ten minute acrylic sheep painting tutorial. I begin with some loose line drawing of the sheep using a big acrylic paint marker pen and then complete the painting using atelier interactive acrylics a... 

How to paint a cow in about ten minutes. A new episode of the Sunday Art Show: This 10 minute ish video tutorial demonstrates how to paint a cow (side view) using acrylic paint in real time. I use the easy to blend, atelier interactive acrylics and s... 

In this video, I create a vibrantly coloured acrylic painting of a sheep in about 10 minutes using atelier interactive acrylics. The great thing about the ten minute painting challenge is that is forces you to work quickly and efficiently and really ... 

I start this video by showing an example of my typical painting style with a picture of a belted galloway cow. Then I talk through a quick tour of my recent drawing and sketching using Liquitex acrylic paint markers. A range of subjects are explore... 

I've been trying out the Spectrum Noir alcohol-based blendable marker pens of late and in this video I start by briefly chatting about a 10 minute drawing of a sheep I completed recently and then move on to a real time ten minute drawing tutorial of ... 

I've just started reading the book "Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World" - anyone who has shared an office with me will testify that my desk usually acts as a visual advertisement for the title of this book! :-) - only got ... 

"You know what Martha? I heard that Beatrice in the next field is very impulsive, she's like a bull at a gate with everything she does!" This is 'Chit Chat' A couple of cows having a chat in a field in Branscombe in Devon United Kingdom. See the pain... 

'Guardians of the Valley' Two cows, horns still intact, lying in the misty twilight of a Devon sky while surrounded by green and yellow fields overlooking a valley lined with hedgerows. See the painting in more detail here.  

"The Courage of Youth" - This young cow was found in a field north of Exeter in Devon. In this acrylic painting I've deliberately used non-realistic colors but at the same time endeavored to keep the hues harmonious so that they are striking but not ... 

In episode 14 of the cows in Devon landscape painting, I do some further work on the cow lying down in the sun. First, I add a sense of texture to the hide of the animal and then include some very dark green in the deep shadow areas. The dark green i... 

In episode 13 of the cows in Devon landscape painting demo, I work on the head of the cow lying down. Using a small round brush, marks of titanium white, magenta, cerulean blue and brown are applied and then I make use of the interactive acrylic blen... 

In episode 12 of the cows in Devon landscape painting, I do a bit of field work... that is to say, I paint the field that the cows are in, adding some blades of grass to the edge of the cast shadows and generally adjusting the colour of the grass sur... 

In episode 11 of the cows in Devon landscape painting demonstration, I refine the shadow areas of the cow lying down on the grass and also draw in its front leg that I had somehow missed before. It's funny how, despite careful observation, key elemen... 

In episode 10 of the cows in Devon landscape painting, the cow lying down in the sun gets a similar treatment to the two cows in shadow. Continuing with the idea of complementary colour pairs i.e. dark blue and orangey brown used previously, the left... 

In episode 9 of the cows in landscape painting, I begin by further working on the shadows of the two right hand cows using pure blue. Then I add an orangey brown to each cow and, having sprayed the painting with water, make use of the blending proper... 

In episode 8 of the cow painting, I refine the line work on the middle and right-hand cows. My style of painting is iterative in nature, I typically work by putting down some quick lines, then block in, then add tone and colour. This is then followed... 

In episode 7 of the cow painting, I add some shadows to the cow on the left and redefine the line of its back as my initial mark had become lost under the layer of green paint. Because this animal is lying down in the sun, my plan is to have a higher... 

In episode 6 of the cows in Devon landscape painting, I begin by using a mix of magenta and white on the brush to introduce some blossoms on the tree. To do this, I change the angle and orientation of the brush each time I paint a blossom to create t... 

In episode 5 of the cows in landscape painting video, I begin by using a large frayed brush to depict a tree in the foreground on the right of the painting. Next, I use a reddish brown to create some shadows on the cow on the right, then do the same ... 

In episode 4 of the cow painting video, I continue to work on the impressionist landscape in the background of the picture. First, I use a flat brush to introduce a field on the left of the painting, then, using a mix of colours on the brush, I roll ... 

In episode 3 of the cow painting series, I use a mix of blue and white in varying proportions to block in the sky and then use multiple colours on one brush to produce a variety of marks in order to create the impression of some distant trees and a h... 

In episode 2 of the cow painting videos, I put down a colour beginning. This is a fun technique that allows you to quickly cover the paper in a range of colours in a haphazard manner. This provides an array of random colours and textures, some of whi... 

Cow painting episode 1: If you're interested in how to paint a cow then this series of videos will be worth a look. In this first episode, I use blue acrylic paint to put down some quick lines describing three cows in the Devon countryside. These cow... 

Finished painting! In episode 17 of the sheep and lamb painting and detail on the lamb is finalized including orangey brown areas where the light is catching the wool and the inclusion of some blue / green reflected hues on the side of the head. Foll... 

In episode 16 of the sheep painting video, having previously worked on the adult sheep, adding more detail to the face, I now give the lamb's head a similar treatment. The eye is defined, the colour of the skin and wool changed and more detail added ... 

In episode 15 of the sheep painting video, I describe the eye of the adult sheep in detail, then use some interactive acrylic to apply a wet-in-wet technique to the face combining blue and white to define the features. This paint is then used to enha... 

In episode 14 of the sheep painting video I add a variety of textures, marks and colours to the foreground grass. This is done using a few different techniques including applying different colours to different parts of a large frayed brush, applying ... 

In episode 13 of the sheep painting video, I add a softer purple shadow region to the foreground lamb and then re-paint the highlights along the edge of the lamb's back. Following this, a range of colourful shadow areas are added to the grass under a... 

In episode 12 of the sheep painting video, more detail is added to the lamb this time using warmer colours including orangey browns and ochres. These warmer hues, as well as being appropriate colours for the lamb, also help to create the illusion tha... 

In episode 11 of the sheep and lamb painting demo I add some highlights to the foreground sheep. A good tip when painting highlights is to include a range of colours. Here, for example, I use pure titanium white, a mix of white and blue and some gold... 

In episode 10 of the lamb painting demonstration the foreground sheep gets its belly expanded with some deep shadows. Then, an over-layer of purple shadow is added to the sheep. Working in layers in this way allows some of the multi-coloured first ap... 

In episode 9 of the sheep and lamb painting demo, I redefine the background trees and add some light, mid and dark tones to the background sheep. The detail on both trees and the background animal are kept to a minimum to help create the illusion tha... 

Episode 8 of the sheep and lamb painting. My painting is very much an iterative process. I make some marks, lines and or shapes, as a first approximation to the image I want, then I adjust these to improve the image, adjust again, and so on until I'm... 

In episode 7 of the sheep painting video we follow on the introduction of the darker shades by picking out the areas on the foreground sheep and lamb that are really catching the light. Rather than use pure titanium white everywhere there is a highli... 

Epsiode 6 of the sheep and lamb acrylic painting and here I add some purple blue shadow areas to the two animals in the foreground. This colour is chosen to give a sense of harmony and flow with the similar colours used in the sky.  

In episode 5 of the sheep and lamb painting demo I take inspiration from the view out of the window to depict a colourful sky full of purple and deep blue clouds. The useful trick of including a dab of white on the edge of your brush to get interesti... 

In this episode of the sheep painting I block in the grass using not just green but a range of colours. The paint is applied with a very frayed decorators brush that I find is a very useful tool both to cover large areas quickly and achieve various e... 

In part 3 of the sheep and lamb painting demonstration I block in the sky with a mix of cerulean blue, titanium white and a touch of burnt umber. Next, I use some pure yellow ochre to block in the animals, applying this in a thin coat to allow the bu... 

In part 2 of this sheep painting video, I continue to use the Liquitex acrylic paint marker (burnt umber) to introduce some hills and trees to the background Devon landscape. Then, I begin to add a sense of light and dark to the painting by defining ... 

Sheep painting part 1: Starting with an acrylic paint marker, I begin this painting by establishing the outline of two sheep and a lamb. Just keeping things loose and simple at this stage.  

I've recently started using Liquitex Professional Paint markers in my work. These marker pens, that are filled with acrylic paint rather than ink, are surprisingly expressive as they provide a wide variety of mark and line. They are also really usefu... 

Had a great time painting a Belted Galloway Cow at Exeter Art Society the other night, thanks to everyone who came along! Here's the finished painting (above) that I did for the demo, this Belted Galloway cow was created using Atelier Acryli... 

As mentioned in recent posts, I was lucky enough to be named a finalist in the Devon Life Magazine Landscape Artist of the Year 2016. The work of the six finalists is now showing in an exhibition at the Mayne Gallery in Kingsbridge and here are some ... 

I have some paintings going on show for the first 3 weeks of April at the Mayne Gallery in Kingsbridge, South Hams, Devon. The exhibition is to celebrate the work of the six finalists in the Devon Life Landscape Painter of the year competition and al... 

Very pleased to hear that I have been selected as one of six finalists in Devon Life Magazine's Landscape Painter of the Year Competition. My painting 'Feel The Heat', an acrylic landscape painting of a Devon landscape was the image selected. You can... 

Final part: In episode 8 of Focus for Five, I continue to block in the clothes, including a stripey shirt and then begin to fill in some of the negative space. The idea behind this painting of a group of people is to paint or draw for just 5 minutes ... 

In episode 7 of Focus for Five, I add some highlights to the faces of the people and begin to block in the clothes. The idea behind this painting of a group of people is to paint or draw for just 5 minutes a day, hence "Focus for Five", which allows ... 

In episode 6 of Focus for Five, I demonstrate how to mix a flesh tone so that I can begin to define the faces, hands and arms of the pedestrians. The idea behind this painting of a group of people is to paint or draw for just 5 minutes a day, hence "... 

I continue using acrylic to block in some more of the buildings in episode 5 of Focus for Five. By blocking over the first layer of paint, you can selectively allow parts of the textured, multi-coloured under-layer to show through e.g. on the p... 

In episode 4 of Focus for Five it's back to the acrylic to add some blue sky and work on the buildings. The idea behind this painting of a group of people is to paint or draw for just 5 minutes a day, hence "Focus for Five", which allows one to be cr... 

In episode 3 of Focus for Five, I complete the line work for the picture using watercolour marker. The idea behind this painting (of a group of people) is to paint or draw for just 5 minutes a day, hence "Focus for Five", which allows one to be... 

In episode 2 of Focus for Five, I continue to explore the technique of painting or drawing for just 5 minutes each day. The idea is to find time for art (or to be creative in some other way) on even the busiest of days. In this episode I use wa... 

With the best will in the world, it can sometimes be difficult to find the time to paint and draw. Sometimes, life just takes over and suddenly weeks have gone by and easing over to the easel just hasn't happened. Over the years, I've found tha... 

I'm currently continuing the theme I started with 'This Way To The Beach' (below)  and 'Going To Town' (below)  As you may have noticed from the pictures above, that theme is belted galloway cows in unexpected places! I'm real... 

Here's part 3 of the acrylic painting of a wild Dartmoor horse. This one is pretty simple as I'm just applying some background colour but here are a few tips that you may wish to consider when doing your own paintings:   ... 

Atelier Interactive acrylics open up new creative avenues for artists to explore. Conventional acrylic paints, once dry, are totally waterproof. Atelier interactive acrylics are different in that, even when touch-dry, the paint can be reactivated by ... 

This was a really cool project I worked on with Paula Matthews from Manor Farm in Surrey. Paula provided me with a range of photos of her herd of belted galloway cattle. I created a black and white logo of a belted galloway cow (based on one of the f... 

Following on from the series of horse painting videos, here I take a totally different approach and talk about some of the things that usually go on behind the scenes when creating a painting. Here, this includes taking reference photos, doing some t... 

This is a detail of the larger painting 'Riverside' and here the focus is on the cow and calf standing in / next to a hedge on the bank of the River Exe. Painted in acrylic, the original, full version of the painting is 40" by 50" but custom-sized pr... 

This is 'Going To Town'. Painted in acrylic, this surreal picture depicts a belted galloway cow calmly strolling across the road in the centre of an English city as pedestrians and shoppers go about their day. Perhaps this bovine beauty has wandered ... 

Here's the final episode of horse painting videos, here I put on some finishing touches and the demonstrate how you can view the high resolution image so you can see the brushwork up close. Working on some more videos but they'll be shorter than this... 

In the penultimate episode of the Dartmoor horse video, adding indian yellow to the background makes the colours on the horse pop! :-)  

Episode 8 of the wild horse painting video includes a lots-of-colours-on-one-big-brush technique.  

Here's episode 7 of the horse painting video, adding some colour to the face this time...  

In episode 6 of the wild horse painting video I add some texture to the hair using a large brush and interactive acrylic paint. You can also find out how Lego people help me think about the easiest way to paint hair!  

Part 5 of the wild horse on Dartmoor painting video demonstrates another advantage of using Atelier interactive acrylics over the top of conventional acrylic....you can undo your mistakes :-) Here I work into the background of the painting more, incl... 

Episode four of the wild Dartmoor horse painting introduces one of my favourite techniques. Having let the conventional acrylics dry, I now start using a wet-in-wet technique by applying Atelier interactive acrylics over the top. There's more detail ... 

Here's part 3 of the wild horse on Dartmoor painting video demonstration. In this installment, I have some fun putting in some background colour with a big brush, varying the tone of the background to enhance the contrast where light and shadow fall ... 

Here's the second part of the video demonstrating how I go about painting a wild horse on Dartmoor. In this episode, I block in colour and tone to give the horse a three dimensional feel, establishing regions of light and dark tone using conventional... 

Set myself the challenge of filming an entire painting from start to finish with narration along the way. Talking while painting was tricky at times but good fun. I've split the video up into digestible portions, so here's part 1 of a painting of a w... 

The countryside that is the Exe Valley to the north of Exeter is, in my opinion, some of the most beautiful in the world. Here you will find a meandering river, lush green fields, beautiful trees and rolling hills in addition to thatched-roof cottag... 

I was first inspired to paint cows when walking through a field at the foot of Cam Peak in Gloucestershire in the south west of England. On a sunny but chilly day I was admiring the beautiful hedge-lined countryside with my family who had wandered a ... 

  Fellow artist Helen White was kind enough to interview me a couple of years ago. In the resulting article I briefly mentioned the Alexander Technique and how I found it helpful with my art. It occurred to me that this may be a little-known fact ... 

Giant giraffes gracefully looming, metallic hares boxing and children singing, it's the 2015 Doddiscombsleigh Art Show! Above: Hand-embellished giclee prints on canvas ready for the show.  Top row (L to R): Summer Light; A Moorland Me... 

Here are some paintings and drawing of sheep and lambs from the Devon countryside that will all provide a cheery spring feel to any room.  

Here's a new painting of a belted galloway cow wandering towards a beach under a stormy sky, this one's called "This Way To The Beach".  

Raising funds for the local primary school,Doddiscombsleigh Art Show 2015 takes place at the end of October and features the work of approximately 80 artists from across the South West of England.I'm going to be showing a mix of original framed paint... 

Working on a painting of some black cows on Dartmoor I'm using Atelier Interactive Acrylic's Phthalo Blue. It's the first time I've used this particular blue and I really like how translucent it is.  

I've been drawn to painting Belted Galloway cows again of late, and although a familiar subject for me, I've enjoyed experimenting with technique. This first picture is titled "Against The Fiery Sky" and depicts a single cow, painted in loose bro... 

One of the coolest things about the internet is being able to connect with an international audience. Check out this great email I got the other day :-) 'Hi there, I volunteer teaching art at a public school in Northern California. We are currentl... 

Couple of quick shots of two of the paintings I have on the go at the moment.  

Here's a collection of cheery and brightly coloured paintings of classic 1950s jivers bopping the night away in vintage style with the girl wearing a poodle skirt and saddle shoes while the guys rocks the traditional teddy boy look. I've tried to con... 

Sometimes a drawing is a preparatory sketch for a painting and sometimes it's both preparation for a painting and an artistic statement in its own right. Here's a selection of paintings and the drawings that preceded them. 'The Young One' above is... 

I'm going to be exhibiting at the Doddiscombsleigh Art Show this autumn and very much looking forward to taking part in a group show for the first time in a while. The show raises funds for a local school and exhibits a wide range of artwork, primari... 

Encountered a couple of black sheep in a field along the banks of the River Exe the other day which led to the mixed media drawing 'Fifty Shades Of Black' below. I've used a range of different tools here including pencil, ball-point pen, copic marker... 

I've taught several Physics courses over the years, often to students who are working towards a Degree course. The leap from GCSE to A-Level can be daunting for some and, at the very least, there are a lot of new concepts and definitions to get to gr... 

Belted Galloway cows can be seen wandering the countryside of Devon, particularly on Dartmoor. They are an almost unbelievable site on first viewing with their designer white stripe around their midriffs and are living liquorice allsorts standing aga... 

Here's a snooker cartoon I did recently using the same technique I posted the other week.  

I painted 'The Golden Fleece' above using just one flat square brush and by using the corner, edge or angling the brush in different ways I was able to make a wide range of different marks and brush strokes. It was a really rewarding painting exp... 

Having recently posted a selection of drawing and painting pairs (preparatory drawings that work well in their own right and the paintings they inspired) I happened to come across another drawing in a portfolio the other day. 'Moorland Shadows' de... 

'On The Move' 'Oh I Say!' 'Ready To Chomp'  

'Farm Animal Fun' is a cartoon painting of farm animals painted for my 2 year old nephew. Cows and tractors are big favourites of his at the moment, in part because there is a herd of cows in the field next to my sister's garden. Anyway, I started ou... 

Near the South Downs, is a shepherd's cottage made of stone, with a living room painted white, combined with earthy tones, In the fire place a wood burner and to the side, logs piled high, through a small white-framed window, you can see the bright... 

The brush used to paint the living room walls is now severely frayed, it's had a rough life, been neglected and become distorted, has been cleaned less thoroughly than it should of and yet still it holds pride of place in my brush pot next to the sle... 

You've just moved into your beautiful new home and you are surrounded by lush woodland, the sun shines through the windows, leaving a dappled leafy pattern on your bare walls...wait, bare walls!? You need to bring a little woodland life into your liv... 

I've enjoyed using this technique of late, first I do a line drawing using a biro (ball point pen), I prefer blue ink but any color would work, then I use a light grey Copic felt marker to do some shading. When you go over the pen lines with the mark... 

'Dry Brush' is a painting technique where very little paint is applied to the brush and the brush is then wiped on a cloth and / or scumbled over a spare piece of paper until there is almost no paint left on the bristles. Having created an almost dry... 

Here are the rest of the collection of cat cartoons that were mentioned in my previous post.  

If you read articles on painting or drawing you'll often come across the phrase 'happy accident' to describe the wonderful effects than can sometimes (though alas, usually quite rarely) occur by mistake. I think the phrase is probably most often used... 

As the year draws to a close, thought I'd take a quick look to see which paintings were the most popular this year. So here is a top five countdown of the five best selling paintings of 2014 (except there are actually six!) In joint fifth place we... 

If the cold and frost are making you long for long days and warm to the idea of warmer weather then why not re-visit summers gone and anticipate summers to come with one of these three? "Summer Haze" "Come On, Keep Up!" (Detail) "Wrong F... 

Whether you prefer to 'throw pillows' or 'scatter cushions' you can do so with a range of sizes and designs. Here are some floral patterns inspired by the wild flowers of the English countryside. See the full collection here.  

Bring some warmth into a room with one of these paintings painted in an earthen colour scheme using yellow ochre as the main hue.  

Whether lying among the heather and gorse on Dartmoor or roaming in the fields, black cows make for a stark contrast with the lush green Devon countryside. For me, painting 'black' is all about using anything but black, and you'll see that in fact th... 

North East Biodiversity are using one of my images from a project I did a few years ago for the Big North East Ponds Dip  

Saw some amazing sculptures at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London recently!  

About ten years ago I designed a logo for BMX rider Lee Musselwhite and it's cool to see that Lee is still riding and still using the logo for his company Inspire Promotions. The logo has also recently appeared on the Lee Musselwhite model of Origaud... 

A couple of my horse paintings appear in this month's Country Homes & Interiors magazine, thanks to Carol Wortley Bishop http://carolwortleybishop.co.uk/ for arranging this.  

Paintings on show at BizzyBe Gallery in Exeter  

'This is my spot' - pencil and pen drawing of a grizzly bear cub sitting in long grass  

"Over There" - pencil drawing of 2 deer  

"Dry Brush" - painting using the dry brush technique of a stag with large antlers grazing on some dry brush!  

'Lamb' - drawing of a lamb's head using pencil on bristol board  

'A moment of calm' - drawing of a grizzly bear and cub using pencil on bristol board.  

'Wembury Blue' - this acrylic painting was inspired by the view looking east from the rock pools of Wembury Beach on the south coast of Devon near Plymouth on a bright sunny day!  The beach is well worth a trip for scenic walks, soaking up ... 

A couple more deer drawings...  'Look at that'    'I'm about to...'    

'Oh I say' - mixed media drawing of a piglet looking a little haughty farm animal paintings 

"What did you say?" - pencil drawing of 2 sheep with horns. sheep horns art 

'Listening' - pencil sketch of a young deer, pausing to listen ...    

"Huddle Up" sheep drawing art 

'Walking in the Sun' - pencil sketch of a pig walking along casting a shadow pig art 

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'Always Ready' - pencil sketch of a young deer 

'Are You Looking At Me?'  "Are you looking at me?" - A monochrome pencil and ink drawing of a cow greeting a visitor to the field with a quizzical look. 

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tree art  

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deer paintings   

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Ostrich Drawing Sketch Farmer by mike_jory Look at more Ostrich Business Cards at zazzle  

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Redbubble art used as book cover UK-based painter Mike Jory has had one of his images published as a book cover thanks to promoting his art on the website RedBubble. Based in Australia, Redbubble provides artists from al... 

Cattle Cow Farmer Business Cards by mike_jory Look at Cow Business Cards online at Zazzle.com  

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Cow Sheep Goat Horse Fox Farm Animals Calendar by mike_jory More 2013 calendars from Zazzle  

My white goat painting "Strike a Pose" is going to be used by Dufour as the cover illustration for 'Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories' by H.L. Mencken which will be released early next year (2013).  

I've recently been doing some graphic design work for Manor Farm in Surrey and you may spot this black and white cow logo on their van if your driving in that locale!  

Manor Farm Surrey: quick sketches of belted galloway cattle in preparation for a painting  

Sheep standing in the spring sunshine painting "Spring Sunshine" - inspired by sheep from the cliff tops of South Devon near Branscombe, Devon in England.  

A big thank you to Helen White who recently interviewed me for UK Handmade.  

The Migraine Action Art Exhibition starts today! Check out the show at http://www.mikejory.co.uk  

Cattle society Holstein UK are kindly helping to publicize the Migraine Action Art Exhibition, check out the article on their website here. 

Here are the next couple of stages in the cows by the river painting that I first posted about a few days ago. Just blocking in color mainly at the moment and also including some multi colored darks in the foreground which will act as shadow... 

Here are the next couple of stages in the cows by the river painting that I first posted about a few days ago. Just blocking in color mainly at the moment and also including some multi colored darks in the foreground which will act as shadow... 

Quick thumbnail pencil sketch of a sheep and lamb grazing, just trying out some different ideas 

If animal and landscape painting isn't your thing then perhaps commissioning a portrait painting would appeal? During May and June 2012 I will donate a percentage of any portrait commissions received to Migraine Action as part of the Migraine A... 

Quick color experiment: drawing of a sheep using mixed media, pencil, color pencils, copic markers and biro / ball point pen. Using multiple layers of different media often produces unusual color / lighting effects and I'm currently working on ... 

A trip to Stoke Canon near Exeter led to seeing these cows grazing near the river, a quick sketch of the scene (above) The pic above shows the layout transferred to canvas (this is a 40" x 50" so a really generous size and great fun to... 

Just a quick publicity photo* for the forthcoming Migraine Action Art Exhibition which is an online show of paintings, prints and gifts that is being held from May 1st 2011 to June 30th 2012. Here are the paintings from the photo: Cow Pa... 

From May 30th to June 1st 2012 I will be holding an online exhibition of paintings to help raise funds for Migraine Action. You can find out more here and there will be more info on the way soon! 

Christmas Print Show at Gloss Gallery in Exeter, Devon Friday 2nd December to Saturday 28th January If you're in Exeter City Centre over the next few weeks why not take the 1 minute walk to the beautiful Gloss Gallery which exhibits a wide r... 

2012 Calendars featuring a range of cow, sheep, horse and landscape paintings are now available. The perfect gift for Christmas! :-) Cow Sheep and Horse Paintings 2012 calendar by mike_joryBrowse Cow Calendars 

Established oil painter Martin Bentham has a range of work on show at The Art Room in Topsham until 6th November. Animals, people, landscapes, trees, walls and plants are all depicted in his distinctive style of oil painting that almost carves form i... 

Above: one of the Lenkiewicz paintings currently showing at Torre Abbey I went to the Robert Lenkiewicz exhibition at Torre Abbey a few weeks ago and with only a couple of weeks left (the exhibition ends on 2nd October 2011) I thought I wo... 

As a follow-up to one of my previous articles on interference acrylics, I've just published another lens, this time on 'Painting Landscapes & Animals with Interference Acrylics' which you can check out here. The article describes the step by step cre... 

Here's the finished painting "The Defenders". The main developments are increasing the size of the head on the right hand bull, adding details to all three of the herd and painting in some grass and flowers in the pasture foreground. The title comes ... 

Here are the next few stages of the new painting. Added another layer of paint to the center and right hand cow, the latter has also had its head enlarged from before The pic below shows some texture added to the sky and grass, more defi... 

Following on from the preliminary sketches posted recently, here are the first few brush strokes, laying out the position of the cows in blue acrylic. Second stage, blocking in the cows, also moved all but the left hand one over to the right... 

Just starting work towards a new animal painting and here is a series of thumbnail sketches in biro to work out the composition. First pic above, quite like the arrangement of the group of 4 cows but the one on the right isn't adding too much. S... 

Here's the finished painting (as posted last time) viewed under normal lighting conditions. Notice that the sun seems to be shining on the distant hills on the left. In the next picture (below) the the painting is viewed from a different angl... 

Here's a quick photo of the finished painting, I'll post more soon on the iridescent effects due to the use of interference acrylic. In the meantime I need to think of a title, any suggestions welcome! 

Here's step 4, just a couple of modifications for today, the distant cow on the right is starting to take shape and more detail has been added to the foreground foliage, plenty of magenta for the heather and cadmium yellow for the gorse flowers. 

  Here are the next couple of stages of the paintings. Above you can see that the cows are still in their metallic blue phase but some modifications have been made to the background hills. The right and left hand thirds of the hill-scape... 

Following on from yesterday's blog entry here's the next step of the process. The plan with this work is to alternate layers of acrylic with layers of interference color. In this photo you can see that the cows have now been over-painted with int... 

Here are the beginnings of a new painting, some Dexter cattle lying down among the heather and gorse of Dartmoor. I've enjoyed painting these cows before, their dark hides lend themselves to the inclusion of plenty of blue where the light catch... 

'Taking A Bow' the latest cute lamb sketch  

My painting 'You Again' has just won a "Highly Commended" in the Professional category of the Patchings Exhibition 2011. It is now eligible for the People's Choice Award, so if you have a moment or two please feel free to visit the Patchings Website ... 

Another lamb sketch, once again, pencil, blue pencil and biro :-)  

Another sketch from Bicton Lambing Sunday the other week. This one is done with biro, pencil and some blue colored pencil.  

Each year Somerset sees the arrival of the Royal Bath & West Show, a major agricultural show that features an array of attractions and several thousand visitors. Among the cattle, sheep and motorcycle stunt shows you'll also find an art exhibition. I... 

These three new born lambs had escaped their field at the Lambing Sunday at Bicton College near Exmouth in Devon and went off to explore the daffodils. Rest assured they were safely returned to the confines of their field shortly afterwards. Lambing ... 

Took this snap on a walk to the Turf Locks Hotel (pub) the other day near Exeter, Devon!  

Had a couple of paintings framed recently by Bizzy Be in Exeter who are always really helpful and provide a great service. Well worth considering if you live in the Exeter area and want some framing done!  

I currently have a selection of paintings and hand-embellished giclee prints on show at Jurys Inn Hotel in Exeter. The paintings are being exhibited in the conference area on the lower ground floor. Many thanks to Francesca at Gloss Gallery Exe... 

"Ready Steady..." Acrylic on board, 20"x20"  

'The Luminary' Acrylic on board 20"x30" 

Another drawing inspired by the visit to Bicton. The sow was lying down in some straw while several piglets raced and scurried around her. There were probably 9 piglets in reality but I simplified things by just tackling 6 of them. This is colo... 

Here's the first of a series of sketches inspired by a recent vist to Lambing Sunday. Tried to capture the youth and cuteness of this new born lamb as simply as possible. Here I've used pencil and blue biro, the biro is used to provide the fi... 

Cartoon Animal Fun by mike_joryShop for a customized vinyl binder at zazzle.com 

Most of my recent paintings are inspired by my travels around the Westcountry. I usually take plenty of photos and / or sketches to provide reference material. Here's a shot of a beautiful blue sky taken at Dawlish Warren! :-)  

Here's the latest cartoon of the day, a couple of classic rock and roll dancers in yellow. These dance cartoons are proving popular so I'm launching a new blog called StrictlyDanceFun along with a new store that focuses entirely on my dancing art. ... 

Another dose of 1950's 1960's nostalgia with the latest entry in the swing dancing series. I like the way the weight of each character is distributed in this one, feels like they are both on the move mid-dance. (The guy's left foot could do with ... 

Here's the lastest mixed media drawing in the Swing Dancing series. For this one I decided to lose the teddy boy jacket that has featured in previous designs and go with a waistcoat for the male dancer, better to have free arms for those wild dan... 

Here's the latest in invitations available at my store. These all have an agricultural show / farming theme but can be easily personalized, just click on an image to find out more. Agricultural Show Invitations lamb sheep sketch by mike_joryGet a... 

Elegant pencil drawing of woman in dress by mike_jory Make a custom invitation on zazzle Here's the latest design available in my online shop, an elegant invitation featuring a pencil sketch of a young woman in a flowing dress. The design can ... 

'Ordered Garden in Summer' 'Swallows' I first saw the work of Benedict Rubbra at The Art Room in Topsham near Exeter a couple of years ago. At first glance the work on display appeared to be nothing more than random patches of color painted... 

Here's another addition to the Modern Jive / Swing Dancing cartoon series. Eyes-locked, dance-entranced, this couple are caught mid twirl and are available on invitations and various other products here. swing dancers by mike_jorySee more bumper ... 

Delivered a new selection of paintings to The Tavistock Art Gallery the other day. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday and can be found at the centre of town, address details are: The Tavistock Art Gallery, 17, Duke St, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0BA. ... 

This is 'Summer Haze' inspired by a herd of cows encountered on a sunny day in Topsham, Devon. Check out the step by step progress of the painting below: This is the very first stage that I posted the other day. A few lines of blue to la... 

Here's another cartoon from the series of nostalgic, fun and cheery swing dancing / rock and roll series. This one's a Teddy Boy making some tentative solo moves on the dance floor! It's currently available at my store on an iPhone case. Teddy... 

Just starting on a new collection of animal paintings, above are the first few brush strokes of a cow composition. I usually start paintings in this way, blue paint and trying to keep the lines economical but expressive. Sometimes I feel these s... 

The second in a series of Swing Dancer / 1950's 1960's Rock n Roll dancers cartoons! This one is A4 on Bristol Board, mixed media swing dancer pink poodle skirt saddle shoes binder by mike_joryBrowse other Poodle Binders 

This painting was created for an exhibition I held last summer and is now available as a print at my store 'Baby Blue' Horse Painting by mike_joryPoster printing from zazzle 

Just published an article on how to incorporate iridescent hidden images within paintings. You can check it out here. 

Article on a portable mural I painted a few years ago here 

I painted a mural for the Devon Wildlife Trust a few years ago (2004 / 2005) which features some interactive images, click here for a full description and plenty of pictures.  

Dancer business cards that can be customized to your own design! swing dancer with poodle skirt and saddle shoes po by mike_joryView other Fun Business Cards 

This is a mixed media painting of a couple of horses roaming around on Dartmoor in Devon, United Kingdom. First a thin layer of interference acrylic was put down. Normal acrylic was then used with a 'dry brush' technique to block in the main tona... 

A cartoon created for a physicist friend of mine. Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity incredibly well but here we have an alternative interpretation with a Superman-esque orchestra conductor complete with cape and baton soaring... 

Here's something of a departure from the norm for me, a painting of a house. This was painted on commission and is mixed-media on watercolor paper. The paint is actually acrylic applied in thin washes and the wash-over-wash technique used for t... 

Cute mole party invitations available at my Zazzle store! see below :-) Cute cartoon mole popping out of molehill by mike_jorydesign an invite at zazzle 

'Guardians of the Valley' now available as a print at Fine Art America. 

'The Calf' is now available as a print through Fine Art America 

'I know the way' is now available as a print through Fine Art America (see below)  

Cartoon of the day! also available as custom stationery, see below: Cute cartoon cat sleeping while wearing scarf... by mike_jorycustom printed stationery made at zazzle.com  

Here's a graphic design and website project that was recently completed. My wife is starting a mobile hairdressing business in Exeter, called 'Kathedral Mobile Hairdresser' and we've put together a logo, business cards along with a simple flash-b... 

The painting above is 'Green Grass Aglow' and is now available through my FineArtAmerica gallery or you can see the original at the Coves Quay Gallery in Salcombe, South Devon UK.  

Just published my second lens on Squidoo, this time the article is on a range of humorous Christmas Cards that are designed to be a little different from the usual high street options. You can check that out here Sinister Snowman Christmas De... 

I now have some custom i phone cases available featuring some of my cartoon art and will be adding more in due course. Check them out at my store. cute cartoon pink elephant jumping in the air by mike_jorySee other iphone cases A cat dreaming... 

Here's the finished cheetah design, again a mixed-media piece. This was created for some friends of mine who recently had a baby boy after a very quick home delivery :-) Notice the cheetah is standing on electronic scales displaying Oliver's birth... 

Here's another prelim drawing for the cheetah cub, mixed http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifmedia again but this time I went with a more dynamic pose and composition. I feel the big blue eyes and cheekily calm smile work well in humorous contrast ... 

I've been working on a cartoon Cheetah design of late and this is one of the first preliminary drawings, created with ball point pen, colored pencils and my favorite pens at the moment, Copic Ciao Markers which come with a chisel tip at one end and... 

The November 2010 issue of Devon Life Magazine features some photos taken at the opening party for the the gallery GLOSS. Here's the cover of the magazine that is available in the UK now, check out their website here... ...and here are the ... 

I've just published an article on Squidoo providing some info for fellow artists who are interested in selling reproductions of their work on line through Easyart. Please feel free to check it out here! here's one of the paintings featured in the ... 

Went to Tavistock (located on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, UK) the other day to check out the recently-opened 'The Art Gallery' that's owned and run by Richard Varley. The gallery features paintings in a range of styles and subject matte... 

A few months ago I painted some pictures for my baby nephew's bedroom and here's a picture of the finished paintings installed on the wall! :-) I blogged about this triptych previously which you can read about here 

This drawing is done on a smaller scale than I normally work with, the original is only 5"x3" but it's fun to do quick cartoons like this. Here, I started with a biro (ball-point pen) sketch and then coloured in with some Copic marker pens (simil... 

Here's a mixed media drawing of a couple of 1950's style Rock 'n' Roll dancers for a charity dance poster. The dance will take place at the end of October in Exeter UK, for full details see the poster below.  

It's little known fact that parrots drink tea! ;-) This cartoon was partly inspired by some comical budgie cartoons I did for a musician friend of mine some time ago. Peculiar Parrot by mike_joryCreate stainless steel coffee mugs on zazzle 

They seek him here they seek him there, city dwellers seek him everywhere Is he rummaging through our bins or down at the docks, that damned elusive urban fox! :-) urban fox by mike_jory Learn how to sell art online at zazzle.com. 

Write a letter on feline-enhanced paper! :-) Available through my store or click the picture below. Cute Tabby Cat by mike_joryMake customized letterhead on Zazzle  

A brand new art gallery has opened in Exeter, Devon, UK. Called 'Gloss', you can check out their website here The pic below shows the entrance to the gallery, as you can see it's located in a beautiful Georgian building. The gallery is showing... 

Here's a cartoon depicting a role reversal of a recent news story that made the headlines in the UK recently - a woman decided to drop a cat into a wheelie bin (the cat was unharmed). The pic shows the feline getting a little revenge! :-) The... 

Yesterday's 'Shadowland Sheep' sketch acted as a preliminary for the painting above 'Shadowlands'. The cliffs, beach and bay shown are those of Seaton in Devon, UK. The image is also available on a number of products at my store Shadowlan... 

A couple more sketches from the Branscombe / Beer flock. The top is "Cheeky Chappy" and the bottom is "Shadowland Sheep" 

Another couple in the series of sheep sketches, the top one is "Hello hello" and the bottom simply "Munching" :-) 

baa hum bug by mike_joryView more invites from zazzle.co.uk Another in the series of sheep sketches from the red cliffs of Devon :-) 

Following a cliff top walk between Branscombe and Beer in Devon, UK, the sheep encountered inspired a few sketches and a couple of paintings. Here's the first of the sketches, pencil on paper. See my website here 

PC Ninja by mike_joryBrowse Ninja Mousepads A ninja working the keyboard while perched on the edge of the office chair. The PC ninja know moves on the computer that only a privileged few are aware of and can make any system run at twice normal sp... 

It's a little known fact that gorillas love milkshakes! :-) Click the pic for more info or visit my store here See more of my recent work by visiting my portfolio here 

The ArtFrame Gallery in Plymouth, UK is now showing a selection of my animal paintings. There is also a cafe in the gallery which means visitors can enjoy some great food while viewing art. The gallery / cafe is situated on Cornwall Street in the ... 

The leading U.S. BMX magazine- RideBMX - has featured some of my paintings and drawings on their website. Check out the article here  

Partly inspired by Jamie Bestwick's recent 4-in-a-row win at X Games BMX vert (see some amazing bike riding here), and also based in part on a mural I did for a local bike shop some years ago (you can see that here), here is 'Vert Rider' which is a... 

If you happen to be in Salcombe, South Devon this summer then it's worth checking out the Cove's Quay Gallery. In addition to some of my recent animal and landscape paintings they have a wide range of paintings including seascapes and landscapes by... 

Some of the paintings that were on show at my recent exhibition are now on display at the Trowbridge Gallery in Castle Cary, Somerset. The show is open 7 days a week and runs until August 31st 2010. The paintings on display will change periodically t... 

Just Day Dreaming by mike_joryView other Black and white Mousepads  

Today (Monday 14th June 2010) is the last day of the exhibition "Are You Looking At Me?" at Exeter Picturehouse. Some photos of the show can be found here. 

Feeling stressed? :-) 

The original painting I exhibited at this year's Bath and West show "Summer Light" sold during the show. See this work and many others at my website here 

Here's a painting of some cows wandering through the woods that is currently showing in my exhibition at the Exeter Picturehouse. 

Details of Exeter Picturehouse exhibition which is currently showing (until 14th June, open 2pm-11pm daily) are featured in the current Art of England magazine. Check out their website here.  

If you happen to be visiting the Bath and West Show at Shepton Mallett this year then my painting "Summer Light" is currently on show in the group exhibition in the Art Pavilion until 5th June. More info about the show can be found here  

The latest Artists and Illustrators magazine (July 2010 issue) features an image of one of my paintings "Time For A Nap" (see below) and check out the A&I magazine website here  

The BBC have been kind enough to include a page on my forthcoming exhibition "Are You Looking at Me?" which you can see by clicking here EXHIBITION INFO: 'Are You Looking At Me?' An exhibition of animal and landscape paintings by Mike Jory a... 

Details of my forthcoming exhibition have been mentioned in this month's "The Artist" and "Leisure Painter" magazines, the latter also includes a photo of one of the paintings. ‘Are You Looking At Me?’ An exhibition of animal and landscap... 

Here's the final part of the triptych! This is an acrylic painting of several cartoon animals. Bottom left is a bespectacled tiger doing his crossword, next to him a flower chain wearing tapir. There's a milk shake drinking gorilla and a lion ... 

Here's another wildlife painting. On a drive along the back roads from Tiverton to Bickleigh (in Devon) I came across this deer roaming wild in a field, I stopped the car and sneaked into the field staying as close to the hedge as possible and ma... 

This is an acrylic on canvas painting by Mike Jory featuring several cartoon animals. Bottom right we have a turtle brushing the teeth of a hippo who is also getting a tooth clean from fish. Meanwhile a tentacled jellyfish thing floats by with a ... 

This is an acrylic painting of several cartoon animals. Bottom right is a pig balancing and packet of bubble gum on the end of a spoon on his nose. A squirrel watches TV, the aerial lead being connected to the antlers of a moose. Nearby, we have ... 

This image originated as a black and white drawing in the birthday card of a friend who is a climber. That was back in 1995 (I'm guessing!). Then in around 1998 I painted this version, which I came across when looking through my portfolio the oth... 

Pencil and biro drawing of a Dartmoor horse. Biro doesn't seem to be used all that much in art, at least as far as I know, but I really like the marks and lines the pen can provide. One of my favourite techniques is to use pencil and pencil dust ... 

Here's another painting that will feature in my exhibition come 1st June this year. This is based on some cows observed on Dartmoor. It's painted on a 20"x30" box canvas with atelier interactive acrylics, the more I use these paints the more I li... 

A cute horse for the Easter weekend! Design personalized gifts at Zazzle. Check out my website here 

This is an acrylic on canvas painting of a black cow having a snack on some heather and grass while enjoying the fresh summer air whilst taking in the view of Tors and distant Devon hills from Dartmoor in Devon United Kingdom. It is painted usin... 

I painted this portrait of Tara (then aged 3) a couple of years ago for her parents. It's painted using conventional acrylic applied in a series of glazes using acrylic gloss medium. Tara is shown holding a doll of her favourite TV character from t... 

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