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Disapproval From Mount Rushmore

Another watercolour today.  I wanted to have another go with the desert supergranulators supplemented with cool blues after they worked out so well...

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Torre Nubia

After that View From Ardtinish Castle, that dear old boy Howard has done it again and come up with another amazing holiday photo made up of simple...

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The Mukurob (Finger Of God)

So after finishing Hazel Soan's African Watercolours I wanted to strike while the iron was hot and paint something influenced by the book.  For...

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A Hot Day In Nuuk

It was part 2 of the challenge today.  After painting a rocky scene with the tundra supergranulators yesterday, I wanted to paint an Arctic scene...

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A Moment At Stonehenge

It was supposed to be the start of the big heatwave today but for most if the day it's been exactly the opposite.  For the first time since I had...

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I Can Read Your Mind

So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio.  Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...

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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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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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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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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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The Colours Of Nuuk

It's really cold outside today but I wanted to do some watercolour painting, so I picked some subject matter that had lots of simple shapes and...

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The Old Bridge, Latheronwheel

After reading those two books and coming up with this painting, I think I may finally have "got" coloured pencils.  It's all about adding multiple...

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Steps Up From The Street, Hartlip

  The World Cup is over and there's only four days to go to Christmas.  It's hard not to switch to wind down mode and watch Westerns all day but I...

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Stockbury Church Tower

For my final dash and splash of the day, I headed out to Stockbury Church and settled down in a spot that I'd painted from before.  After not being...

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Hills In Shire Colours

As I said in the last post, I felt like I could do a second quick painting today.   Because I’d managed to paint an imaginary landscape quite...

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Hills In Tundra Colours

The rain's finally stopped, so I'm back on the watercolours at last.  I thought I'd let myself back in gently by painting an imaginary landscape...

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