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String of Onions 21 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
I bought a string of onions, it wasn't my intention to paint them.....but they were just too pretty not to. I 've painted red onions many times but I never tire of their glorious reds, purples and pi...
Summer Sketching 18 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
It's a hot August bank holiday and everyone flocks to the beach in search of a cooling dip in the sea. The best time of the day is late afternoon when the sun is low and has lost some of its heat. S...
Liquid Patterns 11 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
There was a perfection reflection of the cathedral in the still water until a pigeon touched the surface to drink and the surface of the water dissolved into a shimmering liquid abstract pattern. The...
Cherries on String II 31 Jul 2013 | 09:30 pm
mixed media 24x26cms I decided to have another go at my 'cherry necklace'. This is in watercolour and coloured pencil, the first one I did was in watercolour only and was painted from life. I used ...
Terracotta pots in the Sun 26 Jul 2013 | 07:51 pm
Mixed media 16x18cms I started off doing a larger painting complete with flowers but halfway through I realised that it was the plant pots that really interested me and the way the terracotta glowed ...
Made of Stone 21 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm
Mixed media 24x16cms Walking up the long driveway of a 17th century villa is a little niche in the wall. In the niche is a life size statue of a young boy. Some of what I think is the pearly blue...
Garden Sketching 18 Jul 2013 | 10:34 pm
Once a week I meet up with some friends to paint together. In the summer we paint outside in my friend's lovely garden. It's not a posh garden, it's the sort with plant pots piled up in the corner a...
Lost 15 Jul 2013 | 01:47 am
I meant to just try out my coloured pencils over an acrylic underpainting but got lost in the moment and did a whole saucer of cherries. It's a little unfinished and I'm not too happy with some of th...
Sketches from Sicily 10 Jul 2013 | 01:11 pm
After a little blogging break here's a couple of sketches from my sketchbook. The first is a young fisherman preparing his nets, a typical scene in a local village and one of my favourite subjects. ....
Walking Shadow 1 Jul 2013 | 12:33 am
26x69 cms coloured pencil If you are like me you love people watching and inventing stories and lives for the people you see. I had the chance to watch people walking along a stretch of path one sun...
