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How to craft a wondrous item
Mar 8 • Kevin McGillivray

February 2026

Autoritratto
On self portraits
Feb 9 • Kevin McGillivray
Cursed to touch all the stones
Dig them up and give them to me
Feb 4 • Kevin McGillivray

January 2026

Scots Pine
My favorite tree
Jan 31 • Kevin McGillivray

October 2025

Red Mage
Be a healer, carry a sword
Oct 25, 2025 • Kevin McGillivray

April 2022

John Gordon's Eggs
John Gordon painted twelve eggs. Somewhere between egg nine and ten, he told me, “I’m going to do a dozen of them. And then I’m going to get them out of…
Apr 29, 2022 • Kevin McGillivray
The Figure
While I’ve been in London, I’ve been to a few figure drawing sessions.
Apr 18, 2022 • Kevin McGillivray
Painting in London
I’m trying something new! The last two afternoons I had the pleasure of painting at Ravenscourt Park in London, and I recorded some videos about the…
Apr 16, 2022 • Kevin McGillivray
I'm a bridge
I saw a bench by the Thames. It was worn from use, from backs and butts brushing and bumping against the wood over years. It was made of two thick…
Apr 4, 2022 • Kevin McGillivray

August 2021

I Wish I Could Do That
Why I paint outside
Aug 23, 2021 • Kevin McGillivray
The Museum of Modern GIFs
The Park Painters, Part 3
Aug 12, 2021 • Kevin McGillivray

July 2021

The Light Has Changed
The Park Painters, Part 2
Jul 27, 2021 • Kevin McGillivray
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