Near Fritham in the New Forest. Watercolour over pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed surface.
Posted on 03 May 2024
Forest view...
Near Linwood New Forest. Watercolour over pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed surface.
Posted on 02 May 2024
Gnarled oak...
Colour version in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed surface.
Posted on 26 April 2024
Gnarled oak...
near Brook in the New Forest. Pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed surface.
Posted on 25 April 2024
Holly tree...
in the New Forest. Came across this gnarled and misshaped holly in silhouette against the sunlit background of beech and oak trees in new leaf. Pencil and watercolour in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed surface.
Posted on 20 April 2024
Sarsen Stones...
View across the meadow at Lockeridge Dene showing sarsen stones and cottage. Sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib NOT surface.
Posted on 08 April 2024
Easter break watercolour sketches...
showing two views of timber buildings in the depths of Wiltshire! Sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib NOT surface.
Posted on 06 April 2024
Open exhibition...
I'm
delighted that my watercolour of Titchfield Abbey has been accepted as
part of the St Barbe Open 2024 and selected as Highly Commended! A great exhibition showing a variety of 2D and 3D work and a must-see if you are in the area. https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/open-2024/
Posted on 22 March 2024
Stowe House and gardens...
Final stage of my watercolour showing the bridge at Stowe House. Designed to allow carriages to cross the Octagon Lake, it was originally higher over the water, but the Lake has risen over the centuries.
Posted on 07 March 2024
Stowe House and gardens...
A fifth stage of my watercolour showing Stowe House bridge - balustrade complete! Final stage will see cast shadows inside the bridge and foreground gravel path and grass verges.
never disappoints and this sketch celebrates the ever-changing light and atmosphere witnessed over an hour or two in one location. Sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on 140Ib Saunders Waterford NOT surface
Posted on 16 February 2024
Stowe House and gardens...
Stage #3. Just working across the bridge's decorated and weathered stone surfaces, columns and pediment. Basic washes in yellow ochre with touches of burnt sienna together with cobalt and cerulean blues with touches of alizarin crimson.
Posted on 12 February 2024
Stowe House and gardens...
Work in progress (stage two)
Posted on 04 February 2024
Another New Forest sketch...
Lovely weather in the Forest yesterday - best session so far this year! Much of the New Forest is waterlogged but this didn't deter two intrepid all-weather sketchers! Sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on 140Ib Saunders Waterford.
Posted on 27 January 2024
Stowe House and gardens...
Showing my pencil drawing on stretched Arches 140Ib paper ready for watercolour. Image size 410 x 360mm.
Posted on 17 January 2024
Some pen sketches...
done in the New Forest on a rather gloomy, cold and damp morning. A5 Sketchbook on cartridge paper using Jackson's pigment fineliners.
Posted on 13 January 2024
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