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‘Tenor’ Andalusian watercolour

After a chance email from my friend ( and Tenor’ human) I felt inspired to paint him in watercolour, I have painted this one in oil before, but as I am quite into watercolour at the moment I thought I … Continue reading

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‘That’s my girl’ watercolour and a little pastel

Today I painted something I have avoided for a long time, for many reasons, firstly although my star model is furry ( big plus for me) she is black, now I do find black animals quite a problem, mainly because … Continue reading

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‘Dog daze’ watercolour

Todays post features a dog with a bit of a stare….fixed on a treat, or his favourite toy, or maybe staring at the door waiting for his human to arrive home? This is a watercolour on 200 lb coldpress 30×40 … Continue reading

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When I said ‘thank you Charlie’ these words weren’t really enough #worldwatercolormonth

So I have over the last couple of years dabbled with watercolour, slowly I had began to like it…..previously I had avoided it, thinking it was an uncontrollable medium, where detail was hard to achieve. I now realise it is … Continue reading

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‘Anticipation’ watercolour and ink

Todays post is a rough and ready watercolour and ink, inspired from a visit to our local county show, and a display put on by the local hounds. All the dogs were tremendously friendly, and enjoyed having the children in … Continue reading

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Picking up the pastels after a month of watercolour fun

Worried that I might have forgotten how to use many of my other mediums after a great month of watercolour, I grabbed the pastels out of the box ( I am back on some large oil paintings, but pastel is … Continue reading

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31#worldwatercolormonth’ Hercules ‘

It’s the last day of a great watercolour challenge, hosted by Charlie at doodlewash, but it’s not the end, do take a look at Charlie’s blog, or join the Facebook group, because the great event this July, has prompted Charlie … Continue reading

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30#worldwatercolormonth ‘some quick practice’

I am wondering if anybody has some spare time to help me out, I am thinking of getting some greeting cards printed, about four image designs, my problem is deciding which would be the best pictures to have as a … Continue reading

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29#worldwatercolormonth’holy cow’

‘Holy cow’ it’s not a horse or a hare, today’s post was in limited time, I only had half an hour, super quick. This was because I was doing a little more on my giant oil painting of BIG Bettie….another … 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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