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Richard Littler
Dec 20, 20240 min read
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4-ish Tone Paint Exercise
Portrait of A. Again, I used Arnaldo Putzu's commercial painting style as a starting point.

Richard Littler
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Paint Style Exercise (Putzu)
I'm a big fan of commercial artist Arnaldo Putzu who created art for everything from movie posters ( Get Carter, From Russia with Love, ...

Richard Littler
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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Groucho Paint/Colour Exercise
I'm a bit obsessed with the Marx Brothers at the moment and I'm reading Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends by film writer...

Richard Littler
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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Wings of Love (+ Clangers)
I'm wondering if the charity shop will realise I've added Clangers and a Clanger Music Boat to Wings of Love , the 1972, kitsch-classic...

Richard Littler
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Richard Littler
Dec 2, 20240 min read
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Bond Mash-Up
I just stumbled across this forgotten graphic in my proverbial drawer of graphics. Around the time of the last Bond film, No Time To Die...

Richard Littler
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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Yet Another Paint Test
When choosing source imagery, I tend to gravitate towards photos/shots from Hollywood's Golden Age because the light was so dynamic....

Richard Littler
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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Joan Crawford #2 (& Poster)
Another crack at Joan Crawford. The image is from the 1945 film Mildred Pierce by Michael Curtiz. I also used the painting in a...

Richard Littler
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Wellesian Paint test
Orson Welles or Ernest Hemingway - you decide!

Richard Littler
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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Elsa Lanchester Paint Test
Another attempt at mid-late 20th century cinema poster paint styles.

Richard Littler
Nov 23, 20241 min read
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1940s Poster Painting Style Test
I recently attempted a cinema poster in the 1960s/70s style and created a new poster for the film Fahrenheit 451 (see HERE ). This week,...

Richard Littler
Nov 20, 20241 min read
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Joan Crawford Paint Test
Quick Friday morning crack at auntie Joan. Don't think she'd be happy with the lighting or other wonky bits.

Richard Littler
Nov 15, 20241 min read
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1960s/70s Poster Painting Style Test
I have a mild obsession with film poster painting style from the 1960s and 1970s, but never really thought to try it myself. I chose...

Richard Littler
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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Twin Peaks Paint Test
Leland Palmer, played by Ray Wise, from David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Painted mostly in Krita with a couple of minor tweaks in Affinity.

Richard Littler
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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William S. Burroughs Sketch
I tend to doodle, scribble and sketch when I'm anxious (see the US election). Here's one of author of William Burroughs who said, in his...

Richard Littler
Nov 7, 20241 min read
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Unfinished Image #2799
Yet another image I probably won't have the patience to finish. Bruno S. in Werner Herzog's Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle ( The...

Richard Littler
Nov 6, 20241 min read
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Rocket Man (No, Not Elton John)
Just a sketch to test out some new Krita brushes.

Richard Littler
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Lost Halloween Film Posters...
Here’s a selection of rare, 1960s-1980 horror double-bills you may have missed at the time: Dawn of the Bod, Play School, Emus of the...

Richard Littler
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Latest Misty Pylon Photos
All were photographed during a recent trip to Valais.

Richard Littler
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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