The new season at
Arlington Court has now started, and I'm back helping...such a gorgeous place to be a volunteer. New ponies to look after, more about them in the weeks to come, but for the moment I checked out the harness room and the old hay loft displays...
photo (1) .... I love this harness room it's got such a cosy feel about it...
and to the right from where the above photo was taken, the Stables...
then to the left from the harness room photo (1), there are displays of carriages including this ....
Queen Victoria's
Pony Phaeton
The dash board was made higher than normal as the Queen felt
it inappropriate to see her pony’s bottom! (umm…~ obviously not amused ~ I suppose she didn’t want to
watch what came out of it!!)
This carriage is painted in the royal colours, maroon, lined
bright red.
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There are lots more displays of carriages at Arlington, and I'll get around to
sketches and doing photos of those too.
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On up to the former hay loft which now houses more displays
During the day I took the opportunity to do some sketching...
... this Clock Tower was on Winsor & Newton watercolour postcard paper, I actually
gave this sketch away to a visitor, who went off happy with it (I hope).
Other sketches I did were...
and
which I intend to 'abandon' this week over at Arlington. I've joined a group on Facebook called
Art Abandonment, where you leave a piece of art with a little message that it is Free Art for somebody to keep -
(here's a bit more about the group)
I pop the sketches into a clear plastic sleeve with a message on the front...
Over the coming weeks I will be doing more of these
and hope that people will enjoy them.
Incidentally, I will be letting the Art Abandonment Group on Facebook
know what I have 'abandoned' under the name
Ann TheSketcher
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