Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mabel……the VW Camper……Announces……Artists for the Red Cross 2012……..

…..Here’s Mabel, a vintage, 1973 VW Camper, to announce that I will be an Artist for the Red Cross again this year. The painting I will donate is at an early stage, and will feature various Sheffield Icons. As last year, … Continue reading

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Magdalena………..

………..”the artists daughter”. This is my attempt to reproduce part of the painting by Cornelis de Vos, (seen at Chatsworth House), as part of a larger painting featuring all my “favourite” bits of Chatsworth………its going to be a big painting ! … Continue reading

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Little Pink Shop………………

…………with hearts !  Happy Valentines Day.  Winsor & Newton Pro Watercolours on Woodfibre.

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Lion King…………..

……………..sketch of a newspaper advert. There is a motive behind these seemingly random daily sketches – “limbering up” for a bigger project. Cadoozle Pencil, Winsor & Newton and St.Petersburg Pro Watercolours on Moleskine.

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Hot off the Press…………..

…..a new book dropped through my letterbox today, pre-ordered some months ago (and promptly forgotten about), which reminded me of watercolour sketches I did on postcards in my earlier days. Here’s one from 2007 – Costa Coffee in Waterstones, Orchard … Continue reading

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Canada Geese………………..

…..a sketchbook study from the archive (August 2002 !). Just felt like something a bit different, today. Canada Geese, Bakewell, on Winsor & Newton Cartridge paper.  (P.S.the footpath runs alongside the river, with  a drop of about 2 feet down into … Continue reading

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