Friday 28 June 2013

Barns


Following on from my previous post, with the farmyard, I've done some small 5" x 7" paintings.

The first two are with watercolour and ink...







and this final one with just watercolour..




I might turn these into cards of some sort, 

now there's another project to get my teeth into!


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Wednesday 26 June 2013

House guests and farmyards


Last week was hectic but in a good way.  For one thing we already had little Hamish staying with us

~ Hamish~

but then his mum and her horse came to stay.....lucky for us the horse stayed on a local farm!


so I thought for this post it would be nice to share some pictures
 with you from last week..

the farm is so quaint and old fashioned, owned by friends....this is the second part of the
stable block


well, you have to admit that is gorgeous



and this madam settled in really well

but didn't avoid wash time!

~ although by the look on the horses face, she isn't impressed ~


  the original farmhouse is
currently having repairs done (the right-hand part of the house isn't lived in)



and this is the first stable yard area...



well, you can't get equine girls together without they natter....a lot!







a blissful landscape, but I also took the opportunity to photograph some doors and windows
on the farm buildings!






















and the last two there didn't escape my sketchbook, but I did
add the paint when I got home..





I only had time for these two, but have since sketched and painted others, which
I will show in another post...

meanwhile it was exercise time...

























A brilliant week had by all
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~ If anyone would like to use any of the photos in this post, then
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Wednesday 19 June 2013

Work in Progress


I'm revisiting a scene I did a while back, but just changing some small details here and there.




You may recognise this Pathway Across The Moor - this is the early stage, although I am happy at the moment with the sky. So that may well stay as it is.  I changed brushes and used a Filbert, that really made a difference and helped me get the rounded clouds.







Basically I've put down shapes and colours.  I'll gradually work on the distance...knowing I need to 'send it back' ...which, of course, calls for some blue.

 It definitely helps to leave it for a few days
then go back and look at it with fresh eyes

definitely
a
Work in Progress!











Sunday 9 June 2013

Picture this...


at the end of the weekend....Sunday evening,  homemade pizza and a glass of wine, sitting in the car overlooking this...



perfect!








Friday 7 June 2013

Sketches this week



A few sketches to share today...I've used various sketchbooks on different occasions instead of sticking with just one..........


a simple sketch of trees and water - this might turn into a painting one day
(I used a Derwent watercolour pencil - Blue Grey)


from memory the other day, this girl was walking in town...a figure that
might be added one day to a painting, it made for good practice with drawing figures anyway
(again the Derwent)


a spiral of post it notes....  quite difficult to do as the angles were askew
(just used pencil and ink Pilot Drawing Pen)


flowers - made up from imagination - I just added a little colour and left the rest sketched
(the pen was a Uniball eye)



sketched from a design on a tray


my new moleskine notebook - this came in useful in a waiting room this week
(as you see I used the Pilot Drawing Pen)

and then in a car park
(both these were coloured in when I got home)

I think my favourite sketchbook was the moleskine watercolour notebook
it's small but the paper is very nice to sketch on and it took the watercolour well...

that's it for this week 

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