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? How Do I Know When a Painting is Finished ?…………
…..people often ask me. Well, in the case of Nether Edge 360….. ….. when a Greyhound walked past ! Almost complete, the painting just needed a little “something special”, when ….. …..at the cross-roads this morning, waiting for the traffic lights to change, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Greyhounds, Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged Farmers Market, Greyhound, Machon Bank, Moncrieffe Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, Sheldon Road
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BYOB ! ………a Brixton………….
………Cafe, called “French & Grace”, spotted in the Times Magazine last saturday. The menu looks very tempting, but being 150 miles away in London, I’ll have to make do with sketching it instead ! (from the photo by Laura Edwards, … Continue reading
Posted in London
Tagged Best Blog, Brixton Market, First Avenue, Food Award, French Grace, Granville Arcade, Kitchen & Co, London, Observer, Salad Club, sketch, Times Magazine, Tube Station, Watercolour
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From the cross-roads………….
………at Nether Edge, a “360 Degree” street-scape. An early morning scene – no traffic (and no traffic lights, etc, either). Painting in progress……
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged Cross roads, Farmers Market, Machon Bank, Moncrieffe, Nether Edge, Sheldon Road
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The (not so ) Big Tree…………….
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged Big Tree, busy pub, Chesterfield Road, Hurricane Katia, pub, Pug, woodseats
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Hungry Baby ? ………………
……..and other signage overload. Sketch at Tesco today ( yes, the checkout operator did have pink hair) Improvised materials – red biro/black roller ball on NHS Prescription paper (all I had on me !). Paint added later – Winsor & … Continue reading
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged 24 Hours, Abbeydale Road, Baby, Free Bus, Gouache, Lottery, Millhouses, NHS, Open 24 hours, Park & Ride, Pen & Ink, Prescription, Sheffield, Supermarket, Superstore, Tesco, Winsor & Newton
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Taking A Closer Look……….
……..its Usyaka ! There was such a Superb photo of Usyaka today that I had to paint her. To see the real photo, click on the link below : http://usyaka.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/taking-a-closer-look/ Another “Cattitude” painting. She really is Awesome 🙂
Posted in Art, Cats, Cattitude, Uncategorized
Tagged Cat, Closer Look, Oriental Cat, Usyaka, Watercolour
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The BIG………6 – OH………..
………..no, not me, …..the Queens Diamond Jubilee !……….and what better way to celebrate than in a customised Classic Fiat Topolino 🙂
Posted in Fiat 500 's - watercolours, London, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012, Bank Holiday, Corgi, Diamond Jubilee, Elizabeth, Fiat 500, Great Britain, Jubilee, London, QE II, Queen, UK, Union Jack, Welsh Corgi
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Watching a Master Sketcher is so …………..
………soothing ! Here’s Danny Gregorys(*) latest 4 minute “Spring” Sketchbook Film – worth watching right to the very end. Brilliant. click on link : http://dannygregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/spring-a-new-sketchbook-film-about-well-me/ * Author of masterpieces including – Everyday Matters, An Illustrated Life and The Creative License…….
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours, USA
Tagged Danny Gregory, Illustrated Life, Sketchbook Film, Sketching
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Crazy Pugs……….
…………..as a Get Well, to myself 🙂
Red Mist……………………………..
…………the latest Patricia Cornwell book is superb. Not only more pacily written (IMHO) than the last few, but Brilliantly, features Retired Greyhounds !! …………being a slow reader, I’m still on page 42, but the idea of prison inmates “rescuing”, looking after and … Continue reading
Posted in Greyhounds, USA
Tagged Kay Scarpetta, latest book, Patricia Cornwell, Red Mist, retired greyhounds
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Still Raining…..?…..you need a Waterproof Suit !…….
…….For Your Dog !!……and in an Outstanding Colour, just to show off 🙂 …….. and yes, this is real………..look :
Posted in Chatsworth - watercolours
Tagged Chatsworth, Dog Coat, Dog Walker, Rain, Waterproof, Weather
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A Black Pug …..& a Black Mini……
…..this is part of a painting I have been wrestling with for a while, and why I deviated suddenly to sketch “Usyaka”, for some light relief ! The response to “Usyaka” has been so over-whelming, kind and uplifting, that I’m sure … Continue reading
Top Tip……How to ……Sharpen Your Nose………
……..Usyaka – style. Usyaka is my Absoluely Favourite Blog, and cheers me up most days. She is an Oriental Cat (in Montenegro, I think). She is Brilliant ! 🙂 She is the first of my new “Cattitude” paintings ! See … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cats, Cattitude, Uncategorized, Wider Yorkshire - watercolours
Tagged Cat Blog, Cat Watercolour, Cattitude, Oriental Cat, Usyaka
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Crochet……..???…….Absolutely Fantastic Lionheart Exhibition……….
………..at Chatsworth…………3 Giant Crocheted Lions by Shauna Richardson, in a huge 16 metre glass case in front of the Bastion Wall…………. ….. 2 Years in the making, and the largest single-handed “Crochetdermy” sculpture In The World !! …………. …….part of … Continue reading
Cal the Whippet………………..
………..spotted on monday outside Cafe Marco, Ecclesall Road – I haven’t seen Cal for ages, so was glad to see him (albeit not wearing his racing coat). This is a re-blog of part of a painting from last year, as … Continue reading
Ciao Fiat ! As a Tribute……….
……….to my little red Fiat 500, who now has a new owner, I have to (reluctantly !) change my “Fiat Mephistopheles” Blog Header, to my “Weston Park 360° (Big Ron, Holly, & Mabel to the Rescue !)” watercolour, which is to to … Continue reading
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged Arts Tower, BBC Radio, Big Ron & Holly, British Red Cross, Childrens Hospital, Fiat, Fiat 500, Generation Campers, Hendersons, Hendersons Relish, Mabel, Mephistopheles, Museum Sheffield, Mushroom Lane, Radio Sheffield, Red Cross, Scooter, Sheffield Panorama, Sheffield Retired Greyhounds, Sheffield University, Starbucks, Toby Foster, Vespa, VW Camper, Western Bank, Weston Park
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Hendersons……………..
……………..Scooter, I believe known as the “Hendobike”. Part of the “Weston Park 360°” painting
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged British Red Cross, Hendersons, Hendersons Relish, Hendobike, Scooter, Sheffield Scooter, Vespa
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To The Rescue……!!!……..its Big Ron ………and…….
……yes, of course !!……Holly ! But……wait for it !!……..why are they in a VW Camper called Mabel, ?……… …………its just a snippet of the full masterpiece – “WestonPark 360° (Big Ron, Holly, and Mabel to The Rescue)”. (as an aside, Holly was going to … Continue reading
Posted in Sheffield - watercolours
Tagged BBC Radio, Big Ron & Holly, British Red Cross, Childrens Hospital, Generation Campers, Museum Sheffield, Mushroom Lane, Radio Sheffield, Red Cross, Sheffield Retired Greyhounds, Starbucks, Theo Bear, Toby Foster, VW Camper, Western Bank, Weston Park, Whippet Sheffield
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Bragazzi’s…………….
…………Cafe/Deli, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. From a photograph (too busy a road to set up an easel ! ) hence the customers relaxing on the pavement were really there. Winsor & Newton on Bockingford 300 gsm. For Bragazzi’s, click here : http://www.bragazzis.co.uk/
Warthog……Rear View……
…….of a bronze Sculpture at Chatsworth House. (Front view not possible from public area)…….a little gem I came across in my Moleskine today, from awhile ago. Well, I think its a gem anyway, there’s no accounting for taste 🙂
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