En plein air

This Watercolour is:

overall size: 10½ x 8½ inches (26.67 x 21.59cm)

 Painting size: 9½ x 7½ inches (24.13 x 19.05cm)

Setting up my easel next to the River Taw near Barnstaple

on a slightly blustery day.  (I seem to get these blustery days when I'm painting in this location - it

adds to the challenge!)

This next close-up shows that I had added masking tape around the edge of the painting.

I worked loosely and painterly for this and enjoyed every minute.

Now on my 

Etsy shop

(click link to view this in my shop)

New on my Etsy shop

An Update on my Etsy shop today,

with 3 new miniature artworks

(click the Titles to see the item in my shop)

Bunny

Happy Puppy

Lake Cottage

Wordless Wednesday

Sketches

Enjoyed a day out by the River Exe. Walked a trail from Exmouth to Lympstone and sketched along the way.

Next sketch is at Lympstone harbour

An outing that inevitably meant we had to take some light refreshment and lunch at the pub...the phonebox was just the other side of the wall, but too tempting not to sketch it on the scene

Hanging baskets in the pub garden

Rooftops opposite 

And finally a sketch of Lympstone harbour. 

The cottages that face the river have washing lines on the shore, but they have to watch the tide!

Summer

Nothing says Summer like Ice Cream...

(Acrylic on canvas)

Plein Air painting

It was lovely sitting in the gardens at Arlington Court one day last week,

with my easel for a spot of painting.

I took photos for reference and reminders of plants/composition possibilities

and did some sketches

albeit, some quick sketchy notes

but nonetheless reminders of colours and tones for future paintings

I'm not a botanical artist (photographs are for that to my mind) -

but I do love painting in a loose impressionist style.

For me it's more about the feeling of the subject that then appears on 

watercolour paper

The conservatory in the gardens with grass terraces 

(the grass terrace was where I set up my easel)

and did this painting...

and this one...

New artwork on my Etsy shop....

A quick catch up here with some new work.....

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I regularly add new artwork.

~ Thanks for looking and do have a good weekend ~