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
2 October 2019
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One thing that struck me several times during my week at Soul Survivor, was an angelic looking shape formed by the meeting of some of the seams in the Big Top. It struck me as an image of blessing although … Continue reading