Tag: En plein air
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Jurassic Jaunt 3.5: Beer Dog Attack, Chapel Rewind & An Exhausting End
< Previously – Lyme Regis;Misty Fossils, Viaducts & the most Boring Walk In Britain Luckily after the crushing boredom of the Seaton – Lyme undercliff coastal walk, I decided to go back to Seaton and check out Branscombe, a National Trust village via Beer. Although be careful what you wish for – it was exciting for…
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Richmond Park 2: KillCat Corner, Lilies and Pink Sunglasses
Showing how my plein air use of media has broadened only since March, here is the second selection of work in Richmond Park. These works include pieces in black woody pencil, bright paint stick works, moody watercolour, dark fountain pen and ink, and inktense paints. Although as part one discussed, there is a desperation and…
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Queen’s Promenade Dance at Sunset
Last time we visited the Queen’s Promenade it was night time – this time we have Prom dance in the daylight, mostly at sunset with new materials and new techniques such as the tempera paint sticks and the Inktense paints. Working at sunset speed is the order of the day – and unlike slow old-fashioned…
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Darling Buds of May – Flower Studies
Over the last few years I’ve been forcing myself to do more flower studies. Like buildings, flowers are not something I come to naturally, but they appear in the foreground of my landscapes so I needed to be better at depicting them. (Unlike people who also rarely appear in my plein air work, a landscape…
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Old Work: Cornwall and Beyond
I will admit I was reticent to show this work as unlike the other pre-degree work it’s less technically able, and it’s most definitely the work of a child – because I was! When I was a young teenager I was moving around because of my parent’s divorce – hence Shropshire where my mother lived…
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Allotment afternoons and winter walks
Winter plein air drawing and painting is a cold affair, but also in some ways easier – less foliage to depict, more bold/graphic images of empty trees, snow or ice, white or purple darkened skies and mists. Returning to Bushy Park, these works are all but one from the early part of the year, pre-Spring…
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