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Hare we go again, hare watercolour and caran dache neocolor

have I said before how much I am loving these neocolor? Lol well here is another hare two! both females,I think, they look that way. i just can’t get enough of the beautiful pigment, and wax feel of these crayon … Continue reading

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Spring brings swarms. A better bee study

this spring/ summer, I have been privileged to see a number of bee swarms, with the abundance of flowers and warm weather, it seems to have affected many areas on the south coast of England, the busy little insects even … Continue reading

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Mmm! Well I think I will stick to horse heads only! watercolour dressage horse attempt

I thought it was a good idea to challenge myself, with a whole horse and rider, it did not go as planned, at the moment it is only watercolour, I keep it on the desk, and look at it daily … Continue reading

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Horsing around watercolour and neocolor, with stencil background

I had lots of fun with this horse, he was going to be only painted in red blue and green, but as always the brown appeared, and he resorted back to my usual style, it is hard to paint in … Continue reading

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Some more horses, for some reason they keep appearing!

I started this horse painting using tones of blue watercolour, of this Arab X. For some silly reason I got too carried away, and looking back I prefer how it looked in the first pic. Note to self, learn when … Continue reading

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Gizmo

I had fun painting this portrait of my friends dog, Gizmo, I used watercolour, and caran dache neocolor, although loving the neocolor I found it hard to get the detail into the picture with these pastels, I have decided they … Continue reading

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Yaffle

A friend of mine Jamie Russel ( Mude photography) managed to take a wonderful photo of a red woodpecker, sat feeding off a bright blue feeder, I asked if he would mind me using the picture to paint it ( … Continue reading

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Hopping down a pink path!

i have had quite a busy week painting, after posting my happy Easter hare/ rabbit, I was asked if I could paint something similar, but with pink/ purple tones, and much, much larger. I am never very confident with commision … Continue reading

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Another rabbit out of the bag! Happy Easter 2015

happy easter to everybody, stuck indoors, still feeling poorly, as I can’t shift this cold, grrrr. on a better note,I have some holiday time booked off work, so planning to ride and paint some more( not at the same time) … Continue reading

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Woody portrait number 2

Portrait number 2 of woody, watercolour….I had problems doing his eye but had some advice from an equine artist, and I think I managed to rectify the problem, the photo I had was not the best, it was very dark, … Continue reading

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