8″X6″ Acrylic on board
The garden isn’t at its best at this time of year but I managed to find this bunch of assorted daisies, phlox and mallow. There is also a kind of white berry which I remember from my childhood, but can’t for the life of me nam… [...]
7″X5″ Acrylic on board
It has been a busy few weeks, with a daughter getting married and two boys off to first year university. I haven’t been very productive.
I have always been very fond of geraniums, especially in pots. I keep them in the b… [...]
5.5″X3.5″ Pen & wash in moleskine
Still not very productive, maybe it is the weather but I can’t seem to settle to anything. I have been doing some sketching and have just gotten around to scanning some of it, so I may post some over the next… [...]
5″X7″ Oil on board
I finally finished painting my porch so I can actually use it as a porch and sit outside to paint!
I have day-lilies all along the front fence and they are very jolly at this time of year. This is the first actual “plein air” oil… [...]
This tiny orchid travelled back with me from Puerto Rico. I pulled it off an orange tree and it was in a pocket of my shorts. I have been nurturing it for four months and it has finally repaid me with this delightful little flower, only a centimetre or so across. The pencil gives some idea [...]
6″X4″ Watercolour on paper
And now for something completely different. It is time to get back to matters closer at hand. I haven’t been working much in watercolour and I thought that these little snowdrops, almost buried still in last year’s leave… [...]
It is always nice to be included in an Etsy Treasury, this is a nice one: Etsy Treasury – [...]
5.5″X3.5″ Mixed media in paper
Shasta Daisies on the patio. Not much to say really.I have been wasting far too much time this evening playing with the new Picassa face recognition programme. My husband, the Mac man, says that Apple has had this for … [...]
7″X5″ Acrylic on board
Jerusalem Artichokes have nothing to do with Jerusalem or artichokes. Tasting somewhat like artichokes (it is the root which is eaten) the early european settlers called them girasols because of the way they turn to the sun li… [...]
From Sarah Lynch
(revision: this image did not upload properly last night, I have updated it now)
10″X16″ Watercolour on paper
This has been a fairly unproductive week (for painting anyway) so I am digging into the archives again.
I have always love… [...]