Tag Archives: watercolour

‘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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Moose watercolour

I have been quiet on the painting front lately, due to another visit to the vets with my poorly cat, and giving her lots of TLC. ……….but it is a bank holiday weekend, so I thought this is my opportunity … Continue reading

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Feeling tired, wishing I had more time to paint, lost mojo!

In my previous post I said I was feeling tired, well it does show when I have a lack of time and I loose my mojo. I also have a poorly cat at the moment, and after two visits to … Continue reading

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Commision painting hare with poppies

              As I mentioned in my previous blog post, a friend of mine had asked if I could paint a hare with poppies, as a gift for a family member. Now I don’t usually … 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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Colour love, can you over do the use of new paint colours? Blue Nude figure study

As I said in my previous post I am in love with my new colours, so when I decided to have a second go at a figure study, I automatically picked up my new purchases ( plus there was some … Continue reading

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Cutsie Hare and Wishful Wait- watercolour and elegant writer

I have had a really great weekend of painting, I started with my safety blanket of a hare head, and a small hare A4 size, both on 140lb. I bought a small A4 watercolour block, I don’t usually paint on … Continue reading

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My first attempt at a watercolour figure and elegant writer

I set myself the challenge to paint a figure, I have been avoiding the challenge I set myself for a while now, in fact the last figure I drew was at school ( over 25 years ago) although it went … Continue reading

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Blue moon- watercolour baby donkey

This is the baby donkey foal born in the week of the blue moon, so I thought I would name her painting ‘Blue moon’.She is one of the new additions to a small herd of donkey’s that live in the … Continue reading

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Blue timidus- watercolour hare

I am now part way through my two weeks holiday, and so far so good, I have ridden the ponies every day, painted every day, and managed to get out in the garden ( although not today, as a little … Continue reading

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