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Auger Close, Hartlip

And here's the final dash and splash of the day.  I didn't have to dash very far after drawing it as it's a view from my back garden, albeit with...

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Old Nuuk

Here we go then.  Back on the watercolours and it's a gentle return because I'm reaching for the tundra supergranulators and doing another painting...

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Nuuk Art Museum

It was always going to be another supergranulating day today.  But tundra or shire?  I went for tundra.  The shire set is one that I might be able...

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Denali National Park 2

Still making my way through my pile of new art supplies and today it's a first outing for my Schmincke supergranulating tundra watercolours.  They...

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Hartlip Church Porch

Next I moved position to get a view of the porch at the front of the church.  I went against the advice of Alex Hillkurtz and picked a viewing...

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Hartlip Church Tower 2

Tempting as it is to binge read my pile of new art instruction books, I do really need to test out some of my new art gear.  First up are the...

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Another Corner Of Stonehenge

It's June 21, the Summer Solstice, so I'm back to Stonehenge again.  In a lot of ways, this followed a similar process to my previous painting, but...

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Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

After all that fun with whitewashed buildings in my last painting, I wanted to have another go at something similar. After googling for white...

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The Red Lion, Weston

It was looking too hot outside today to venture out painting, so I looked through my files for something I could paint in a shady spot in the...

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Thurnham Castle

Today I've been on a day trip to paint Thurnham Castle.  It's a little bit to the North of Maidstone and is just a pair of hills, one of which has...

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Rochester Castle

So, after the flop that was The Wall Of Rochester Castle, I slumped off towards Rochester High Street for coffee at The Dead Cat (*recommended)...

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

After such a miserable effort yesterday, I had to go back to the oil pastels today. With the watercolours it's still touch and go whether I can...

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Two Trees, Hartlip House

After a flop with the watercolours, I'm back to the oil pastels again, where everything always seems to go well and I can regain some confidence. ...

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Animal Biscuit Valley, New Zealand

I'm still on the oil pastels but it's a landscape in New Zealand today.  Well kind of.  I've been a bit smart today and left out some rocks that...

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Torres Del Paine National Park

Enough with the naked women, I'm back onto landscapes.  This is three artworks in successive days, which is pretty unusual for me. The subject...

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Number Two

Remember Hartlip Church In The Snow from a month or so ago?  I gave it to Barbara next door as an 80th birthday present.  Well, her daughter pulled...

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Frank’s Wood, Leith Hill, Surrey

It's getting cold and wet outside so the number of watercolour and oil paintings that I'll be doing the rest of this year is numbered.  Today I...

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Sastrugi

There's a long story behind this one.  I didn't have much time to paint today but thought I'd been away from the brushes for too long so that I'd...

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