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#4 wordwatercolormonth

Day 4 of world watercolour month, and I am feeling pleased with myself for keeping with the event…..will see if I can continue during the week with the addition of work to divert my attention away from painting. This is … Continue reading

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A bad experiment, trying to create aquabord #3WWM

So I really wanted to try the aquabord, by ampersand, it sounds amazing, but expensive, so I tried to create my own,( I made some claybord, following a recipie I found online, it works ok). But the aquabord was not … Continue reading

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a study of ‘tenor’ in oil pastel and watercolour

Day 2 of world watercolour month, this is a combination of pieces, showing my study of Tenor, my friends Andalusian horse, although the two large pieces are oil, the study I quickly did involved watercolour.

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#1 world watercolour month

July is here, world watercolour month, I am short of time, and have a back log of art to post, so this is quick, thank you Charlie at doodlewash for inviting us all to join in with this celebration. Today I … Continue reading

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‘Chico’chestnut horse in oil and sketch, ink with watercolour

  This is my friend janes’horse ‘Chico’ he is gorgeous, and my fav colour, so it was lovely to paint him. I managed to get some great action shots of him prancing around the field, which is great as I … Continue reading

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‘Hare-raising enounter’ ink and watercolour, hare and hound

For my #nature doodlewash today I found nature was in trouble, with this hare hot tailing it away from this persistent hound. By the way as I painted it, I can tell you that the hare escapes, and nature wins. … Continue reading

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A short hike and I found crabs in the docks of the new forest??

So for today’s #naturedoodlewash I really did not need to travel far. From my title you may think I went on a delightful ramble along the coast, but on this occasion I wasn’t near a single port /harbour or dock … Continue reading

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No nature hike, a nature ride across the new forest

Instead of hiking, while searching  nature out for Charlie’s month of #nature doodlewash, I took the Woody pony on a lovely ride with my good friend Alison and her warmblood horse Valour. We rode to an area of the forest … Continue reading

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Naturedoodlewash watercolour otter

Feeling chuffed with myself, having joined in with Charlie’s nature hike for a second day. Today I took a trip down memory lane, to somewhere I took my daughter many years ago. It used to be called the ‘otter and … Continue reading

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‘Simon the seal’Charlie’s nature hike

Today when I got home from work, I decided to pop along for a nature hike with Charlie and friends. If you are interested in joining in with this exciting months challenge then pop over to Charlie’s blog for more … Continue reading

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