RABlack Art
@rablackart.bsky.social
Art.
I did a drawing a day in 2024.
Last year I drew 1225 little pictures of record covers.
This year…
I did a drawing a day in 2024.
Last year I drew 1225 little pictures of record covers.
This year…
Pinned
A year ago I decided to draw a little picture of the CD I was listening to - then I kept going!
1225 mini-pictures later…
Here they all are!
1225 mini-pictures later…
Here they all are!
Here’s my drawing of Tom Baker, drawn two years ago today when he was 90.
(This is Tom as seen in the excellent film ‘Vault of Horror’.)
(This is Tom as seen in the excellent film ‘Vault of Horror’.)
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Here’s my drawing of Tom Baker, drawn two years ago today when he was 90.
(This is Tom as seen in the excellent film ‘Vault of Horror’.)
(This is Tom as seen in the excellent film ‘Vault of Horror’.)
Last month I started sketching this out. Today I’ve started painting it.
Edward Brayshaw, Lynda Marchal and Michael Staniforth making Episode 2, Season 5 of Rentaghost.
(Tim Stern is just out of shot.)
(Broadcast in March 1980, this series was the first one I remember watching.)
Edward Brayshaw, Lynda Marchal and Michael Staniforth making Episode 2, Season 5 of Rentaghost.
(Tim Stern is just out of shot.)
(Broadcast in March 1980, this series was the first one I remember watching.)
January 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Last month I started sketching this out. Today I’ve started painting it.
Edward Brayshaw, Lynda Marchal and Michael Staniforth making Episode 2, Season 5 of Rentaghost.
(Tim Stern is just out of shot.)
(Broadcast in March 1980, this series was the first one I remember watching.)
Edward Brayshaw, Lynda Marchal and Michael Staniforth making Episode 2, Season 5 of Rentaghost.
(Tim Stern is just out of shot.)
(Broadcast in March 1980, this series was the first one I remember watching.)
A newly finished painting.
Johnson’s Anti-Pek.
I started this a few years ago because I was puzzled/amused by the spelling of peck.
Johnson’s Anti-Pek.
I started this a few years ago because I was puzzled/amused by the spelling of peck.
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A newly finished painting.
Johnson’s Anti-Pek.
I started this a few years ago because I was puzzled/amused by the spelling of peck.
Johnson’s Anti-Pek.
I started this a few years ago because I was puzzled/amused by the spelling of peck.
This is so good!
“Arbeiterstadt / City of Workers”, Berlin, by Hans Baluschek, 1920.
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is so good!
Reposted by RABlack Art
"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like"
...and now I have the Botcherby shrine I didn't realise I needed until @rablackart.bsky.social saw potential and turned his amazing talents to one of my very favourite #DoctorWho stories, #TheTwoDoctors
...and now I have the Botcherby shrine I didn't realise I needed until @rablackart.bsky.social saw potential and turned his amazing talents to one of my very favourite #DoctorWho stories, #TheTwoDoctors
January 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like"
...and now I have the Botcherby shrine I didn't realise I needed until @rablackart.bsky.social saw potential and turned his amazing talents to one of my very favourite #DoctorWho stories, #TheTwoDoctors
...and now I have the Botcherby shrine I didn't realise I needed until @rablackart.bsky.social saw potential and turned his amazing talents to one of my very favourite #DoctorWho stories, #TheTwoDoctors
Reposted by RABlack Art
This painting has reached the point where it seems to be getting a little bit worse every time I come back to it…
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This painting has reached the point where it seems to be getting a little bit worse every time I come back to it…
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
My next old paintings to finish - one of these three I think.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
My next old paintings to finish - one of these three I think.
This painting has reached the point where it seems to be getting a little bit worse every time I come back to it…
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This painting has reached the point where it seems to be getting a little bit worse every time I come back to it…
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
So I’ve decided it’s finished. (I might change my mind tomorrow.)
Reposted by RABlack Art
My 2001 : A Space Odyssey painting for the originals wall at IMAX HQ. From January 2019. Watercolour
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
My 2001 : A Space Odyssey painting for the originals wall at IMAX HQ. From January 2019. Watercolour
More revisited paintings on the go.
One is a portrait of one of my nephews, started in 2014, restarted on Sunday. Baby faces are difficult. The slightest mistake and the whole thing looks wrong!
The other is a can of Johnson’s Poultry Anti-Pek. Started about four years ago I think.
One is a portrait of one of my nephews, started in 2014, restarted on Sunday. Baby faces are difficult. The slightest mistake and the whole thing looks wrong!
The other is a can of Johnson’s Poultry Anti-Pek. Started about four years ago I think.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
More revisited paintings on the go.
One is a portrait of one of my nephews, started in 2014, restarted on Sunday. Baby faces are difficult. The slightest mistake and the whole thing looks wrong!
The other is a can of Johnson’s Poultry Anti-Pek. Started about four years ago I think.
One is a portrait of one of my nephews, started in 2014, restarted on Sunday. Baby faces are difficult. The slightest mistake and the whole thing looks wrong!
The other is a can of Johnson’s Poultry Anti-Pek. Started about four years ago I think.
Here’s my painting of @williamshatner.bsky.social at the opening of the Alton Towers monorail.
Yesterday I found an upload of a local news report from 1987, revealing that Bill’s shirt was bright red.
So I’ve repainted that part and made a few other adjustments.
Now finished I think!
Yesterday I found an upload of a local news report from 1987, revealing that Bill’s shirt was bright red.
So I’ve repainted that part and made a few other adjustments.
Now finished I think!
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Here’s my painting of @williamshatner.bsky.social at the opening of the Alton Towers monorail.
Yesterday I found an upload of a local news report from 1987, revealing that Bill’s shirt was bright red.
So I’ve repainted that part and made a few other adjustments.
Now finished I think!
Yesterday I found an upload of a local news report from 1987, revealing that Bill’s shirt was bright red.
So I’ve repainted that part and made a few other adjustments.
Now finished I think!
I’ve finished this painting (after getting stuck and leaving it for a year.)
Based on the oddly fascinating photos of James Saxon, @nicolabryant.bsky.social, Carmen Gómez, and
@whofrazer.bsky.social rehearsing for The Two Doctors in 1984.
(First inspired by a comment from @quiteamess.bsky.social.)
Based on the oddly fascinating photos of James Saxon, @nicolabryant.bsky.social, Carmen Gómez, and
@whofrazer.bsky.social rehearsing for The Two Doctors in 1984.
(First inspired by a comment from @quiteamess.bsky.social.)
January 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I’ve finished this painting (after getting stuck and leaving it for a year.)
Based on the oddly fascinating photos of James Saxon, @nicolabryant.bsky.social, Carmen Gómez, and
@whofrazer.bsky.social rehearsing for The Two Doctors in 1984.
(First inspired by a comment from @quiteamess.bsky.social.)
Based on the oddly fascinating photos of James Saxon, @nicolabryant.bsky.social, Carmen Gómez, and
@whofrazer.bsky.social rehearsing for The Two Doctors in 1984.
(First inspired by a comment from @quiteamess.bsky.social.)
Reposted by RABlack Art
LOOK AT THAAAT! Week 58 brings a host of fiftieth anniversaries: a major TV play, a failed post-Python pilot, a pivotal newsroom incident and one of the most unnecessarily great title sequences of all time.
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
Week 58: 10th – 16th January, 1976
“There’s a car going up the B3351.”
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
LOOK AT THAAAT! Week 58 brings a host of fiftieth anniversaries: a major TV play, a failed post-Python pilot, a pivotal newsroom incident and one of the most unnecessarily great title sequences of all time.
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
Here’s a painting I started about three years ago. It’s Missy, our oldest dog.
I dug out the canvas yesterday to see if I could fix it, and I added a bit more this afternoon.
Very satisfying to revisit these old, unfinished pieces.
I dug out the canvas yesterday to see if I could fix it, and I added a bit more this afternoon.
Very satisfying to revisit these old, unfinished pieces.
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Here’s a painting I started about three years ago. It’s Missy, our oldest dog.
I dug out the canvas yesterday to see if I could fix it, and I added a bit more this afternoon.
Very satisfying to revisit these old, unfinished pieces.
I dug out the canvas yesterday to see if I could fix it, and I added a bit more this afternoon.
Very satisfying to revisit these old, unfinished pieces.
I’ve just caught up with this.
Such a great idea for a podcast and brilliantly executed.
Such a great idea for a podcast and brilliantly executed.
It's here! PantoSplaining Episode 3!
Live from London in 1975, with Diddy David Hamilton and Adrienne Posta, plus a cast of thousands. It's only our 3rd episode but this may have pushed us to the brink.
youtu.be/FGxDcyvdJF0?...
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
Live from London in 1975, with Diddy David Hamilton and Adrienne Posta, plus a cast of thousands. It's only our 3rd episode but this may have pushed us to the brink.
youtu.be/FGxDcyvdJF0?...
Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining
PantoSplaining: Episode 3 - London 1975
YouTube video by PantoSplaining - the Panto Poster Podcast
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I’ve just caught up with this.
Such a great idea for a podcast and brilliantly executed.
Such a great idea for a podcast and brilliantly executed.
Reposted by RABlack Art
+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Magical.
"They said that it was snowing in astounded tones..." Definitely a #SandyDenny playlist day on the 79th anniversary of her birth. Seventeen winters since I took a train through a blizzard down to London for a conference, wrapped in a blanket of 'No End'
youtu.be/o9sERw40Pes?...
youtu.be/o9sERw40Pes?...
Sandy Denny - No End (solo piano demo) - Heading south, winter 2009
YouTube video by other_pete
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Magical.
Today I’ve made some progress on another unfinished painting.
This is a going to be a view of Pease Pottage in the mid 1980s.
This is a going to be a view of Pease Pottage in the mid 1980s.
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Today I’ve made some progress on another unfinished painting.
This is a going to be a view of Pease Pottage in the mid 1980s.
This is a going to be a view of Pease Pottage in the mid 1980s.
My Shatner at Alton Towers painting is getting closer to being finished… I think.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
My Shatner at Alton Towers painting is getting closer to being finished… I think.
This evening’s progress.
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This evening’s progress.
Reposted by RABlack Art
Sir George Martin. Born 100 years ago today. Producer, arranger, composer, musician and one of the strongest contenders for the title of fifth Beatle.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Sir George Martin. Born 100 years ago today. Producer, arranger, composer, musician and one of the strongest contenders for the title of fifth Beatle.
Reposted by RABlack Art
Here is the track 'Explodes!!!'. It's a meaty little number.
Listen to Explodes!!! by darrenriley on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/QdERETdUdPlh...
Listen to Explodes!!! by darrenriley on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/QdERETdUdPlh...
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Here is the track 'Explodes!!!'. It's a meaty little number.
Listen to Explodes!!! by darrenriley on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/QdERETdUdPlh...
Listen to Explodes!!! by darrenriley on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/QdERETdUdPlh...
Work in progress.
A painting I started the year before last - based on a photo of William Shatner at Alton Towers in August 1987.
I’ve never done a painting in black and white before… I haven’t decided whether I’ll be adding colour or not.
A painting I started the year before last - based on a photo of William Shatner at Alton Towers in August 1987.
I’ve never done a painting in black and white before… I haven’t decided whether I’ll be adding colour or not.
January 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Work in progress.
A painting I started the year before last - based on a photo of William Shatner at Alton Towers in August 1987.
I’ve never done a painting in black and white before… I haven’t decided whether I’ll be adding colour or not.
A painting I started the year before last - based on a photo of William Shatner at Alton Towers in August 1987.
I’ve never done a painting in black and white before… I haven’t decided whether I’ll be adding colour or not.
Reposted by RABlack Art
I keep thinking about these books & tapes since I saw Tim’s post on Tuesday.
For me, it was the only version of the Empire Strikes Back I knew, until they showed the film on telly in about 1988 with loads of puzzling extra bits.
And I’ve still never seen Gremlins, so this is THE version for me.
For me, it was the only version of the Empire Strikes Back I knew, until they showed the film on telly in about 1988 with loads of puzzling extra bits.
And I’ve still never seen Gremlins, so this is THE version for me.
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I keep thinking about these books & tapes since I saw Tim’s post on Tuesday.
For me, it was the only version of the Empire Strikes Back I knew, until they showed the film on telly in about 1988 with loads of puzzling extra bits.
And I’ve still never seen Gremlins, so this is THE version for me.
For me, it was the only version of the Empire Strikes Back I knew, until they showed the film on telly in about 1988 with loads of puzzling extra bits.
And I’ve still never seen Gremlins, so this is THE version for me.
Wow - I love this.
January 1, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Wow - I love this.