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After the Break
Back in the 1960's, when I passed my driving test, my licence duly arrived through the post. On inspection, I noticed that the expiry date was 2012. "Two thousand and twelve" I exclaimed, "that's a...
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Zooming Out
JannisI've done a lot of head and shoulder portrait work recently, so I thought for a change that I would zoom out a bit. Here I've tried to capture Jannis' beautiful holiday photo, which had...
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A Trip Back in Time
1960's Panda car: watercolourLast September whilst holdaying in Gloucestershire, we visited Littledean Jail. This is no longer in use as a jail, but now harbours the most extensive collection of...
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Art Class 2: Pointless
Watercolour: Pig's PuzzleIt's been a while since I blogged about the art class projects. There have already been four meetings, I missed one because of a family mini drama, and the other three have...
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Self Portrait
It's been a while since I did a self portrait, 12 months in fact.Self PortraitWatercolour and 6B pencil on Bockingford paper.I sat down this evening wondereing if I could just roll off a quick...
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Luligirl for JKPP
Luligirl for JKPP a photo by Frank B10 on Flickr.Much as I love watercolour painting, sometimes a desire comes over me to just get a pencil and draw. In this case, it's portraiture again. For some...
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The last Painting?
Gloucester DocksThis is my last painting - well, the last one I will be doing in the art class because I quit!The thing is, I don't think I am gaining any extra knowledge there. It's time I think to...
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Bath, England
Bath, SomersetOil Pastel and ink pen on Bristol Board A3It's been a while since I posted here I know, but I have been busy on a large project, which I'll tell you about some other time.On a trip to...
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Nasir
Nasir. Pen and oil pastels on cartridge paper.OK, just one more of these pen and oil pastel works, before I get serious again with watercolour. I nearly didn't buy these pastels thinking that I...
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Prabal and Brighton
Busy BrightonA couple of weeks back, my wife and I went on a coach trip to Brighton on the south coast of England. The journey would normally have taken us around three hours, allowing for a break on...
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Journal 6/8/2011 - Kibworth Windmill, Live!
Kibworth WindmillArmed with my trusty paintbox and a few of my Art Club colleagues, we set off for an 'en plein air' painting session to the Kibworth Post Mill. The journal tells the story, so I'll...
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Life In Miniature
A little while back, I saw three beautiful little frames at a car boot sale. Although they were small, the width of the frames was around three inches, and the finish was battered gold. As the stall...
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The Inquisition
The InquisitionAquarelle pencil and wash.Last year, I took a painting along to our local art club for evaluation by a professional artist. It was a busy scene at an outdoor cafe, and there were lots of...
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Foxton Locks
Foxton LocksIt’s been so long since I posted anything on here, that I should think most of you have deserted me!To be honest, I really haven’t done a lot of art work over the last few months – there...
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Nude Study
It's been 15 years since I did a nude study, or any type of life drawing. Not sure if this constitutes a life study, as I used a model from pixellovely gesture drawing, but it is the nearest I am going...
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Visit to the National Gallery, London.
Canaletto: A Regatta on the Grand CanalWhile I have been to many local art exhibitions and seen some fabulous paintings, it had been playing on my mind recently that I really ought to visit one of the...
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Gila. Confidence Regained
Gila. Watercolour and coloured pencil on 300gsm Cotman PaperI've been through a really bad patch with my paintings for the last few months. There have been times when I've looked at a blank sheet of...
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Rajasthani Woman
Rajasthani Woman: watercolour. Source: video frame.Rajasthan lies to the North West of India bordering with Pakistan. While literally meaning "Land of Kings", it is also known as "Land of Colours", and...
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Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Lake, Jaipur.This is the last painting with a Rajasthan theme before I move on to something new. This lake is somewhere near Jaipur, but I'm not sure where - could be Man Sagar Lake. I'm...
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Acrylic Painting Scares Me!
CeccaIn my office/spare room sits a box of acrylic paints gathering dust. Often when I go in there, I glance across and think to myself "you haven't done a painting in acrylic for some time". In fact,...
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