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‘Fabian Policy’ watercolour horse

I really enjoyed the last horse I did, with splashes of paint, so I decided to create another, but this one is larger, 20×14″ 140 lb Langton 100% cotton rough ( I usually work on 16×12″).

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Watercolour horse, with lots of flicked paint, so much fun to make a mess

I was just finishing this tonight when a programme, ‘how to die’ Simons’s choice, came on BBC2 it is about a lovely family,and the impact that MND motor neurone disease has had on them, it focuses on the assisted suicide … Continue reading

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Ferret watercolour

I used to have another Woody in my life, other than the New forest pony Woody…this one was a little different. We found him whilst driving to the horses. Someone had stopped in the middle of the road, an elderly … Continue reading

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‘Ewe see’ watercolour sheep

This was so much fun to paint, sploshing and slashing paint to create a different type of fur coat, to those I am used to painting. I can’t wait for spring to arrive, with all those cute lambs dancing around … Continue reading

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Face on book pages, using Indian ink and pastel

Hidden behind my ‘Hareball’was another unfinished painting, it had been hidden for almost a year, I had ripped up a book I got from a skip at the beginning of 2015, it was used in a number of paintings I … Continue reading

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Just charcoal- hare

I find it hard to resist adding colour, even if it is natural shades of brown. In the past when I have started a charcoal picture I have grabbed the colour pastels, or derwent tinted charcoal. This time I have … Continue reading

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At last ‘hareball’ is finished- watercolour

I have finally finished this watercolour hare after 4 months. He has been sat on the side half complete, waiting for me to consider finishing, today was the day.

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‘Two for one’pastel, this is a combination of two cats, brother and sister Norwegian forest cats Ginge and Willow

If you think this looks a little strange, you would be quite correct, because this is actually two different cats. They are brother and sister Norwegian forest cats, willow is tabby on the left, and Ginge is ……ginger!! On the … Continue reading

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A no paint day….but pastel and pen will do

Today has been hectic, I had a puncture, by the time I sorted out a new tyre change. I really could not be bothered in getting out paint, water, brushes, nor waiting for the paint to dry. Instead I opted … Continue reading

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Tom Hardy, if your feeling dotty

A friend of mine was talking about Tom Hardy, now I don’t watch too many films, so as usual I had no idea who he was. Google is a wonderful thing, so I looked him up, he seems to be … Continue reading

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