Where next?
I have been thinking about my next Park paintings. Whilst wandering round the Park I am visually seduced by tangled wild patches of foliage and grasses so following on from my three thistle works I plan to do some on this theme. …
Month: September 2015
Remnants of summer
The rose garden in Hotham Park is at its best in June but here summer is having its last hurrah even if its already Autumn. Something to remember in the long winter months to come. …
‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…’
Yesterday I went into the park to meet someone and with the intention of doing some drawing but as I forget to take my pencils, ( senior moment). I had to content myself with looking and snapping. I took a fresh shot of the teasels I showed in the last post. I had a lovely ciabatta…
Wild things
Late Summer and early Autunm brings out a tangle of seed heads in the wild areas of the parK which I find hard to resist. I take reference photos but I like to draw too as this keeps the memory much more powerfully than if I just snapped the shot. Others may not be able…
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