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Preparing for Hampshire open studio

I have been busy painting and getting a few prints done. Our Hampshire open studio begins this Saturday 19th August and runs through to Monday 28th August. I was chuffed to bits when I received the brochure as they had … Continue reading

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Watercolour and glitter…bling!

Fancy adding some bling to a watercolour? Glitter crazy bling. A fun technique, let yourself free, add as much colour as you like, flick the paint like you don’t care, then as if that fun wasn’t enough out with the … Continue reading

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A few paintings to catch up on posts

A short post after the previous one, here is a catch up of some of my recent paintings, plus the display at Jane Susan Upholstry.  

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Handmade watercolours

I have been very occupied over the last five months with making my own watercolours, it has proved to be a trial and a joy, after many mistakes I now have a good selection of usable watercolours, and my tests … Continue reading

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A catch up of some recent paint time

I know I have been slack at posting, but here is a snippet of some of my recent time spent painting. Lots of animals.   A special little dog called Hubble from little dog laughed, I had been meaning to paint … Continue reading

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‘Archie’

I stumbled upon this delightfully handsome chap on Facebook. Archie belongs to my friend Fran. I was messing about with back ground effects, and decided to add Archie to the splodges of paint, it started off as a practice/play, so … Continue reading

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Horsing around

I have not been painting much the last couple of weeks, as I have recently started a new job. I have been riding between the rainy days during my spare moments. Hopefully once I have settled into my new routine … Continue reading

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‘Meandering in the meadow’ pheasant art

I have been working on this large piece over the last week, between riding and work I decided it was eventually finished. I started the pheasant in polychromos ( now I wish I hadn’t, as it was not how I … Continue reading

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Eden Bee’portrait watercolour and polychromos

This is a quick post today, but I wanted to share this portrait of Eden Bee, taken from her reference photo on sktchy app. Watercolour and polychromos on 200lb coldpress 30x40cm

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3 a me goes…portrait

This was so much fun to create. ‘3 a me goes’ is from reference photos courtesy of sktchy app, in particular I would like to thank Elizabeth Lapsley, the creator and model of the portrait reference. It took a while … Continue reading

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