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A watercolour painted last year of St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall…


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This is my first attempt at a portrait, using charcoal on paper…


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I have tried to paint the Southwell Trail on a number of occasions over the summer but found it very difficult…


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Following on from yesterday’s post is another drawing. This one was completed at the beginning of last year…


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A graphite drawing from 2021 of a watermill…


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An outdoor watercolour from a few weeks ago at the High Peak Junction on the Cromford canal...


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A second attempt at the Patchings lake scene…


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One from last month, using oil paints outdoors for the first time at the Longshaw Estate…


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The wharf buildings at High Peak Junction painted outdoors in gouache…


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High Peak Trail at Cromford in watercolour…


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A very different subject for digital painting in Procreate…


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An impression of the Hunstanton coastline at low tide…


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A small gouache study (approx. 13cm x 8cm on beige paper) of a scene captured yesterday…


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Painting outdoors is difficult but it still remains one of my most enjoyable art activities…


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In a recent post I posed a question about painting outdoors with the iPad (22nd June 2025) and this week I decided to give it a go…


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A postcard size watercolour sketch from earlier in the week…


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Tonal watercolour sketch of the Southwell Trail from earlier this year…


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Following on from my previous post is another watercolour from late 2023...


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A watercolour from late 2023 and one that went well...


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A digital painting based on a photograph taken yesterday afternoon on the Southwell Trail looking in the direction of Lockwell Hill.


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