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Lula’s Spot

I've done another painting of Queendown Warren today.  This isa bench that I walk past pretty well every day.  If it's been raining a lot, I go for...

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Free Horse Manure

I took my phone out with me today on my daily four mile walk through Queendown Warren, hoping to find some good subject matter after feeling a jot...

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The Dads Army Collection

And here it is completed: The Dads Army Collection. From left to right, top to bottom: – Captain Mainwaring – Wilson – Jonesy – Godfrey and Pike –...

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Climate Change

It's been a while now since my last painting but I decided earlier in the week that today was going to be my first watercolour day of 2023.  The...

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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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Number Eighteen

I was approached a week or two ago by a guy on the village who said he'd be interested in buying a painting of his house if I ever did one.  I...

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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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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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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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The End Of The Footpath

I took the dog out for a walk this morning and found this prefect site for a painting.  It’s at the end of a footpath from the Lower Hartlip Road....

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The Allotment

Out and about again today.  I thought I'd have a go with the oil pastels.  I've not painted plein air with them before and wanted to have a go,...

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James Anderson

I was in the mood to do another oil pastel portrait today and I picked a source photo of James Anderson, the third highest wicket taking test...

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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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Hartlip Church In The Sun

It's the 29th of August already!  The local church has another tea and cake afternoon on 12th September and I promised them I'd have another...

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Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Having learned my lessons, here's my second attempt of the day.  There are only three colours in the whole painting.  Payne's grey and light red...

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Hartlip Church In Oil Pastel

More practice drawing with the oil pastels today.  As I've got landscape colours, I thought I'd better have a go at a landscape, this time using...

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Six Ways To Look At The Moon

I'm a bit short of ideas for watercolours at the moment.  Maybe I need to wander around the village again but only if I'm prepared to put in some...

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The Far Country

I was feeling keen to start putting some of these Bridget Woods lessons into practice.  Part of the lesson was to put together the monotone...

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