Tag Archives: Nether Edge

….. Time for Tea …..

Winsor & Newton watercolours on The Langton, Daler-Rowney 20″ x 16″ watercolour block, 300 gsm

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….. Stork ! …..

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… Lemon Polenta ….. Pear & Chocolate …..

….. and other cakes …..

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….. a Very Nice ….. Coffee Machine …..

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….. coming soon ….. a new book …..

….. with illustrations by me ….. here is one of them ….. ….. a Limited Edition book of recipes by Homemade Cafe/Deli to celebrate 5 years at Nether Edge, Sheffield, and shortly moving on. Available from Homemade from Monday 22 July 2013 – see … Continue reading

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….. some llamas ….. and a hot air balloon …..

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….. revisiting one of my favourite …..

….. subjects – yes, Fiat 500’s !….. here is a little black “Gucci” one at Nether Edge, that I have spotted a few times. I’m not sure about these ink sketches/watercolours, but I quite like doing them as the ink … Continue reading

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….. next Sunday…..

….. is the local Farmers Market, for which I was asked to design the publicity flyer ….. and here it is ……. ….. its a bit wonky I now see, but thats vertigo for you  🙂  …… more importantly it features my “muse” Dennis (bottom … Continue reading

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…Not a Greyhound…..and not called Sandy…..

Selkie the Lurcher, Nether Edge …..Last sunday at the farmers market, I spotted a greyhound with a distinctive collar, like the one featured in my Nether Edge 360 painting….. …..Brilliantly, it is definitely the very dog ! who is actually a Lurcher, and is called “Selkie” . She … Continue reading

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….Launching U.S.A……..(Yes, its Usyaka ! !)……

……yes, this Appeal took off, today, here in Sheffield….. ……the “Usyaka Sheffield Appeal” is my attempt to raise funds to help homeless cats & kittens in Montenegro, home of Usyaka, where there are no official shelters or welfare facilities for cats…… ……as … Continue reading

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…..Cafe #9……

……is the name of this cafe (which is, confusingly, actually No. 6 in the Cafes on the Hoof series). I’m particularly pleased with the “Pure” radio (and aerial), the stacks of CD’s/mini-discs, huge wall-speaker and the Bob Dylan portrait……(the huge picture … Continue reading

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A Cool Terrier ………..

……called Pepe, and his owner Marion, from Cambridge, sat with me outside the Cherry Tree cafe yesterday……. ……only 1 year old, Pepe is exceedingly well-behaved, and modelled just like a professional. The huge Waitrose bag is crammed full of Pepes’ “kit”  (water bottle, … Continue reading

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30″ x 7″…………………..

is the final size of the epic, “Nether Edge 360″ (framed 36″ x 13”).  My favourite part is “Sandy” the Greyhound, bottom right corner. Winsor & Newton on Saunders 300 gsm.

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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

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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……

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A Fine Specimen…….Morris Minor Traveller……at Nether Edge…….

……….in a fetching “squelch” green colour. Lovely.

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Here’s………Roobarb !……………

                                                                                ………..brilliantly named by my Avant-Garde friend today at the Farmers Market. From my “Union Road/New Habits” painting. We don’t know the dogs name, but he has that sizzly, electrified look of Roobarb from the cult 70’s cartoon (Roobarb & Custard). … Continue reading

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Skyline…….from Brincliffe Edge…..

….and Sheffield Wheel (just before it disappeared) in the distance. This is the upper part of the 8 February post (Oakhill Road). The complete painting is square.

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Yellow Door…………..rabbit and friends

Snippets from a larger streetscene, a lengthy and ongoing work-in-progress.     Somewhere around Nether Edge/Sharrow Vale, Sheffield.  A surprise for someone, so exact location under wraps.                                                                                                                                    .                                                                                        

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Land Rover, Oakhill Road, towards Sheffield Wheel

Part of a larger watercolour, looking down Oakhill Road, then (not seen here) up and across to the City Centre and in the distance, Sheffield Wheel and skyline.

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