Tag Archives: new forest

Hampshire open studio, my one day as guest artist

Tuesday saw my first day ever of exhibiting my work, it was a very hot day, and we were hosting in a pub gardens, so lots of people poped in to re fuel after cycling in the heat of the … Continue reading

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28#worldwatercolormonth’lunar’

The other day I took the dog (cassie) out for a long dog walk, in search of the pony herds on the forest, I was in too much pain to ride, but wanted to use the time constructively. It was … Continue reading

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12#workdwatercolormonth ‘Bettie’new forest pony

Todays post is quite quick, this is Bettie, the New Forest pony. Whilst taking photographs of my friends warmbloods, I also took a few photos of Bettie, another friends pony. Bettie is super cute, she is a young three year … Continue reading

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Morning ride, and the new forest is looking beautiful with a fog carpet.

Arfter mucking out the ponies my daughter and I went out for a quick ride. The forest is very wet at the moment, so sticking to the tracks was the best option on our ride. We had the urge to … Continue reading

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Winter is on its way, pony power!

Winter is now creeping up, I have clipped two out of three ponies ( rain put in an appearance so I have to put off clipping struggles until next week). The ponies are back in their stables each night, the … Continue reading

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‘Foxy Loxy- the sky is falling down’ watercolour fox

I have spent Sunday painting this fox, it was raining so hard this morning, so riding was a no go. Hopefully I can ride tomorrow, as the sun has been kind and made suggestions of making an appearance??? Looks like … Continue reading

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New forest…… Highland cow? Yes we have them here too. Liptastic!

I usually paint animal seen in and around the New Forest, ponies, horses, donkeys, hares, cattle. You would not expect to see those hairy highlands here in the south of England, wrong, we have them too, grazing amongst the other … Continue reading

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Watercolour donkey- Oboe donkey whisperer farm

I am so in love with donkey’s at the moment, we have lots of babies on the forest, so I took my camera out and snapped away, so so cute, here is a sneaky peak of the cuteness. But my … Continue reading

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A very busy couple of days

Wow, what a couple of days, Tuesday was the start of our local county show, the New Forest Show, although it is on for three days, I could only attend for the one day this year. It was very good, … Continue reading

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Donkey watercolour

Living in the new forest I am so lucky to be surrounded by so much wildlife. The new forest ponies are a great source of many painting, but also the donkey’s. At this time of year the donkey foals are … Continue reading

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