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Garrow Farm, Bodmin Moor

So here's the painting I've been busy with over the last couple of days.  It's a deserted farmhouse on a Bodmin Moor, a scene that's been in my...

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A Bit Of Wood

So what have you painted today?  A tree.  What have you called it?  A Bit Of Wood - it's the name of an Alg…. Is it an interesting composition?...

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A Victim Of Higher Space

I enjoyed painting the foreground in that last painting so much that I decided to go straight into another painting afterwards.  So I reached for...

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Looking At You

So here it is.  I've finally gotten around to using the second of the shelves I helped myself to when the in laws threw out that old fridge.  The...

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Stirling Castle

I was flicking through the Tony Smibert book this morning looking for inspiration for two forthcoming eye on the other side of the glass paintings....

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Hever Castle

With the whole day available for painting today, I've finally completed a watercolour in the studio.  Without wanting to take much time planning, I...

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Somewhere

Well this is something new.  I'm writing up a painting before I've taken a photo because it's being left to dry overnight and seems to still be...

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Daniella Taking A Break

So, yeah, tonight was the night to christen the art studio.  But, what with one thing and another, it wasn't until about 7pm that I finally got the...

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Jerry Garcia

I had a chance to do some painting today, so thought I'd better take it.  This was painted in the garden, but the original drawing went down at my...

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Hoodoo In The Chinle Formation

Afternoon all.  First, the obligatory opening paragraph for this time of year.  A big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me...

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Tree Looking Over Queendown Warren

Hello there, and a big hello if you're here trying to decide whether to invite me into one of the pods for Landscape Artist Of The Year.  The...

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Thea In Artgraf

Yeah, too much other stuff going on in my life at the moment for me to be able to fully immerse myself in watercolours but I had a creative thought...

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An England XI

So now I have a complete England XI.  Properly balanced too: two opening batsmen, a wicket keeper and a five man bowling attack that includes two...

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Mike Brearley

Another cricket portrait has been long overdue and I've finally come up with one.  I wanted my cricket portraits to make up a balanced England XI...

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Zaza II

So, as promised yesterday, I had another go at painting Zaza using the Artgraf colours.  I've used exactly the same pose but have made a change to...

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Zaza

I'm back on the Artgraf paints today for a number of reasons.  It's pouring with rain outside for a start.  And I'm a little bit distracted by the...

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The South Wind

Yesterday was a day off but I'm back painting again today.  I'm still not feeling up to painting some dead serious watercolours with my usual...

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Bowerman’s Nose, Dartmoor

Similar subject matter to yesterday but this time it's on Dartmoor rather than Bodmin Moor.  This is a stack of granite called Bowerman's Nose. ...

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Dragon Path

Preparation of the site for my art studio is now complete, touch wood, so I can go back to painting even if I'm still feeling a little stressed.  I...

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Pulp Fiction

I have a day's respite today from preparing for the art studio and thought I'd better dust off some cobwebs and get back to my artwork.  After...

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