13 February 2026
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Tonight we went to a violin concert hosted at Hathern Baptist Church. Violinist Elaine Patience, accompanied by Gill Townsend on piano, played a selection of pieces including several pieces from the music composed for the film Schindler’s List. That is … Continue reading
31 July 2024
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I’m beginning to get a feel for Grisedale Pike. I almost scaled it last Saturday, I’ve been looking at it every time I walk back from Keswick along the Cumbria Way and I did a bit more painting and drawing … Continue reading
10 January 2022
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More dealing with my image backlog – today it was a couple of scans from the start of my present sketchbook. This was from the gallery in the centre of Nottingham, Nottingham Contemporary. I note that this sketch was done … Continue reading
20 June 2020
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Today’s picture isn’t strictly a watercolour, although it was created with both colour and water: We walked round Bunny Woods this morning, a nature reserve in South Nottinghamshire. Rather than take my watercolours, I just took my regular sketching kit. … Continue reading
30 January 2020
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I recently posted a watercolour painting entitled ‘Congregation‘. Here is the original sketch, which I uploaded yesterday:
8 January 2020
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No, not the chocolate company (Green and Black’s – lots of Fairtrade stuff so I’ve given them a link) but this drawing: That was from my last Sunday at St Clement’s in Oxford. There were some green felt tips in … Continue reading
5 January 2020
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This isn’t from the recent electric night at Loughborough Acoustic Club but from a couple of months ago, on my first visit to the place. Fred was on his regular red semi-hollow twelve-string and I was quite pleased with the … Continue reading
29 December 2019
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Here is another of my recent(ish) sketches. Thorpe Acre church was originally built in the mid-19th century as a fairly small and simple structure. In the mid-1980s, it was substantially expanded to meet the needs of a growing congregation. Here, … Continue reading
24 November 2019
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I decided to do a bit of art yesterday afternoon. It was already getting dark, so I didn’t get the watercolours out, but spend an hour or so working with a graphite pencil and some water. Here is one of … Continue reading
7 October 2019
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When I was visiting Magnus last week, I joined the weekly life drawing session he attends at Penrallt Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoons. He has been going for a few months (building up a nice portfolio of work) and has … Continue reading