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Watercolour hare- make what you will of this hare stare ‘Noble fury and fair spirit’

‘Noble fury and fair spirit’ Watercolour hare.

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Back to work, week of painting and riding ends

So my week holiday has come to an end, not the best week for riding, -rain and cold, I did at least ride in the school on the odd day. Lots of painting though, the benefits of bad weather, and … Continue reading

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Wishing it ‘bee’ summer!

Today when I woke, I wished I lived in a hot country…..It is so cold, I had a lovely ride on Woody today, and for the first time there was ice on the puddles in the new forest, he smashed … Continue reading

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Sonny the PAT dog watercolour King Charles spaniel

This is Sonny ( King Charles spaniel)our hospice has a few PAT dogs, sonny is one that visits regularly, he is a very gentle character, and the patients really bond with him. So I decided he should be painted. I … Continue reading

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‘le fleurs bourn’ Canvas created by patients at hospice

This was a fun piece to create, inspired by a patient a few years ago that touched my heart, he had admired an artist work called Yvonne coomber , this is in his memory.Every patient that wished to help was … Continue reading

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Using Complements to Create Depth and Control Saturation

Originally posted on On the Easel:
Complements are opposite each other on the color wheel, the complement pairs are red and green, orange and blue, yellow and purple. The following example is another way to remember it by visualizing how…

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Happy Father’s Day ….goldfinch in oil

I decided to get out the oils today, and create another 20×20 bird painting to go with the blackbird I did for my mum, in Mother’s Day. I wanted to stick with garden birds, so I picked the goldfinch. I … Continue reading

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‘Just you try’ cockeral in oil pastel

I have been a little quiet lately as enjoying the nice weather we had, and arrangements at work, but with a little chill back in the air, I have picked up the paint brush again,

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Portraits, a small selection of past work

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Another cold day but the sun is out…..ponies done, home to paint :-)

I really need January out of the way, really fed up with the cold, wet and mud. Ponies rugged and ready to go out, mucked out and brushed yard, so I can go home to paint. At last one of … Continue reading

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